- Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr.
Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (
October 1 ,1768 -June 20 ,1828 )was aplanter ,soldier , andpolitician fromVirginia . He served as a member of both houses of theVirginia General Assembly , a Representative in theU.S. Congress , and was electedGovernor of Virginia , serving from 1819-1822.Biography
The Randolphs were among the
First Families of Virginia . Born atTuckahoe Plantation inGoochland County, Virginia , he was a direct descendant ofPocahontas , the youngest daughter of Native AmericanChief Powhatan , and her English-born husband,John Rolfe , who is credited with developing a strain oftobacco as successfulcash crop forexport in theColony of Virginia in 1612.He received his early education from private teachers; attended the
College of William and Mary ,Williamsburg, Virginia , and theUniversity of Edinburgh ,Scotland , 1785-1788.His sisters included
Mary Randolph , author of "The Virginia House-Wife" (1824), andVirginia Randolph Cary , author of "Letters on Female Character" (1828).In 1790, Randolph married Martha Washington Jefferson, daughter of
Thomas Jefferson and his wifeMartha Wayles Skelton Jefferson . They were parents to twelve children:*Anne Cary Randolph (1791 - 1826).
*Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792 - 1875).
*Ellen Wayles Randolph (1794 - 1795).
*Ellen Wayles Randolph (1796 - 1876). Named after deceased older sister.
*Cornelia Jefferson Randolph (1799 - 1871).
*Virginia Jefferson Randolph (1801 - 1882).
*Mary Jefferson Randolph (1803 - 1876).
*James Madison Randolph (1806 - 1834).
*Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1808 - 1871).
*Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810 - 1837).
*Septimia Anne Randolph (1814 - 1887).
*George Wythe Randolph (1816 - 1867).Thomas served in the
Virginia State Senate in 1793 and 1794; was elected as a Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1807); he was a colonel of the Twentieth Infantry during theWar of 1812 ; member of theVirginia House of Delegates , 1819, 1820, and 1823-1825;Governor of Virginia , 1819-1822,He was the first son-in-law of a Virginia Governor to become governor himself; He died at
Monticello , the home of Thomas Jefferson, his father-in-law, with interment in the family burial ground.External links
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000051 biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]
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