Edmund Randolph

Edmund Randolph

August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813

Edmund Randolph (1753–1813) was an American Founding Father and attorney who served as the first U.S. attorney general and then as the second secretary of state under President George Washington. He was the seventh governor of Virginia and, as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, served on its Committee of Detail.

Offices held

Dec 1, 1786 – Dec 1, 1788
Preceded by
Benjamin Harrison V
Succeeded by
Henry Lee III
Sep 26, 1789 – Jan 26, 1794
Succeeded by
William Bradford
Jan 2, 1794 – Aug 20, 1795
Preceded by
Thomas Jefferson
Succeeded by
Timothy Pickering

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