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Edmund J. Randolph: A Brief Biography
A. Edmund J. Randolph was born in August 10, 1753 in Tazewell l, Williamsburg, VA. John Randolph was Edmund’s father; he was a loyalist and left to go to England with Lord Dunmore. After Edmund’s father left he lived with his uncle Peyton Randolph who was a prominent figure in Virginia politics’. He attended college at the college of William and Mary. He attended Virginia’s first state convention in1776 and married Elizabeth Nicholas that same year.
B. Edmund was known for strongly believing in and defending his Virginia plan he developed with James Madison. He refused to sign the constitution and was against it.
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