Thomas Mann Randolph

Portrait of Thomas Mann Randolph, around 1790

Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (born October 1, 1768 in Tuckahoe , Goochland County , Colony of Virginia , † June 20, 1828 in Monticello , Virginia ) was an American politician and from 1819 to 1822 governor of the state of Virginia. Between 1803 and 1807 he represented his state in the US House of Representatives .

Early years and political advancement

Thomas Randolph was a descendant of Pocahontas and her British husband, John Rolfe . He was the brother of Mary Randolph and Virginia Randolph Cary . Thomas initially enjoyed a private education and then attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg . Between 1785 and 1788 he then studied at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland .

Randolph was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . From 1793 to 1794 he was a member of the Virginia Senate , between March 4, 1803 and March 3, 1807 he was a member of Congress . During the British-American War of 1812 he was a colonel in an infantry unit . After the war he was elected to the Virginia House of Representatives.

Governor of Virginia and another résumé

In 1819, Thomas Randolph was elected governor of his state by the legislature. After he was re-elected in 1820 and 1821, he was able to hold this office between December 11, 1819 and December 11, 1822. His term of office passed without any particular incident. After his time as governor, he was again a member of the House of Representatives in his state. Thomas Randolph was married to Martha Washington Jefferson , daughter of Thomas Jefferson . The couple had eleven children. Thomas Randolph died in June 1828 in Monticello, the country estate of his father-in-law, who died on July 4, 1826.

Randolph was a Freemason and a member of "Door to Virtue Lodge No. 44", which also included his son Thomas Jefferson Randolph .

Web links

• Thomas Mann Randolph in the database of the National Governors Association (English)
• Thomas Mann Randolph in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Thomas Mann Randolph in the database of Find a Grave (English)