Randolph, James Fitz – Ranney, Ambrose Arnold
Randolph, James Fitz
journalist, banker, state legislator, congressman, was born June 26, 1791, in Middlesex county, N. J. He became editor of the Fredonian, a weekly newspaper, in 1812, and continued in that capacity for thirty years. He was appointed collector of internal revenue of the United States in 1815, and held that office until the close of the war in Texas. He was subsequently clerk of the court of common pleas for his native county; and was for two years a member of the state legislature. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1828 to 1833; and was afterwards president of a bank in New Brunswick for ten years. He died March 19, 1871, in Jersey City, N. J.
Randolph, James Henry
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 19, 1825, in Jefferson county, Tenn. He was a representative in the Tennessee state legislature in 1857-61; and was a state senator in 1865. He was elected judge of the second judicial circuit of the state in 1869, and re-elected in 1870. He was elected a representative from Tennessee to the forty-fifth congress.
Randolph, John
lawyer, was born in 1727 in Williamsburg, Va. He was a noted lawyer of his time; and for several years was king's attorney under Governor Fauquier. He died Jan. 31, 1784.
Randolph, John
of Roanoke, statesman, was born June 2, 1773, in Chesterfield, Va. He was elected from Virginia a representative in congress in 1799, and continued a member of the house of representatives, with the exception of two intervals of two years each, until 1823.
In that year he was a member of the convention to revise the constitution of Virginia, and was afterwards appointed minister plenipotentiary to Russia in 1830.
During 1825 to 1827 he was a senator of the United States. He had a quarrel with Henry Clay which resulted in a duel, when he allowed himself to be shot at and then threw away his fire. He died June 24, 1833, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Randolph, John S
stock-raiser, legislator, jurist, was born June 15, 1832, in McLean county, Ill. He attended the Wesleyan university of Bloomington, Ill., and subsequently moved to Idaho, where he is a successful farmer and stock-raiser of Latah county. He has been justice of the peace and probate judge; and was elected to the legislature of Idaho in 1895, and received the re-election in 1897. He has taken an active part in legislative matters, and has served on many important committees.
Randolph, Joseph
FITZ, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1803 in New Jersey. He settled at Monmouth Court House, N. J., and was appointed state's attorney for the county. He was a representative in congress from 1837 to 1843. In 1844 he was a member of the convention which framed the state constitution. In 1845 he was appointed a judge of the supreme court of New Jersey for a term of seven years. He was a member of the peace congress of 1861.
Randolph, Peter
lawyer, jurist, was born in Maryland. He moved to Mississippi, and was appointed a judge of the United States court for the district of Mississippi.
Randolph, Peyton
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1721 in Williamsburg, Va. In 1756 he was appointed king's attorney for the colony of Virginia, and held the office for many years. In 1766 he was elected speaker of the house of burgesses; and in 1773 was a member of the committee on correspondence. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1774 to 1775, and was the first president of that body. He died Oct. 22, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Randolph, Sarah Nicholas
educator, author, was born Oct. 12, 1839, in Edge Hill, Va. She is an educator of Baltimore; and the author of The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson; The Lord Will Provide; and The Life of Stonewall Jackson.
Randolph, Theodore Freling- Huysen
state legislator, governor, United States senator, was born June 24, 1816, in New Brunswick, N. J. In 1860 he was elected to the New Jersey house of assembly, and declined the speakership of that body. In 1861 he was elected state senator to fill a vacancy; and re-elected in 1862, serving until 1865. He was elected governor of New Jersey in 1868. He was elected United States senator from New Jersey in 1874 for six years. He died Nov. 7, 1883, in Morristown, N. J.
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
author, was born Sept. 12, 1792, in Monticello, Va. He was the author of a book entitled Sixty Years' Reminiscences of the Currency of the United States. He died Oct. 8, 1875, in Edge Hill, Va.
Randolph, Thomas Mann
patriot, was born in 1741 in Tuckahoe, Va. He was a member of the Virginia house of burgesses, and of the convention of 1776.
He was also a member of the colonial committee of safety from the first. He died Nov. 19, 1793, in Tuckahoe, Va.
Randolph, Thomas Mann
soldier, congressman, governor, was born Oct. 1, 1768, in Tuckahoe, Va. He was a representative in congress from 1803 to 1807; was appointed colonel of the twentieth infantry in 1813; and was governor of Virginia from 1819 to 1822. He died June 20, 1828, in Monticello, Va.
Randolph, Warren
clergyman, was born March 30, 1826, in Middlesex county, N. J. Since 1879 he has been pastor of the Central Baptist church of Newport, R. I.
Raney, George P
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, jurist, was born Oct. 11, 1845, in Leon county, Fla. He graduated from the law school of the university of Virginia; and has attained success as an able lawyer of Tallahassee, Fla. He entered the confederate army in 1863, and served till the close of the war. During 1868-70 ביוב he was a member of the Florida state legislature; and during 1877-85 was attorney-general of Florida. During 1885- 89 he was associate justice of the state supreme court; and in 1889-94 was chief justice of the supreme court of Florida.
Raney, John H
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 28, 1849, in Wayne county, Mo. He was elected judge of the county court of Wayne county, Mo., and served one term; and was elected and served three full terms as prosecuting attorney of said county. He was one of the board of regents of the State Normal school located at Cape Girardeau, Mo., by appointment of Governor Stone, his term of service expiring with the year 1895. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Rankin, Christopher
congressman, was born in Washington county, Pa.
He was a representative in congress from Mississippi from 1819 to 1826. He died March 14, 1826, in Washington city.
Rankin, David
banker, philanthropist, state legislator, was born May 28, 1825, in Sullivan county, Ind. He was chosen by the republican party a representative in the Illinois legislature for three terms. He is president of the First National bank of Tarkio, Mo.; and is a hearty supporter of any educational, philanthropic or other good work.
Rankin, David Nevin
physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 27, 1834, in Shippenburg, Pa. In 1864-66 he was medical examiner of the United States pension bureau, and since 1865 he has been chief physician of the penitentiary of western Pennsylvania.
Rankin, Jeremiah Eames
D. D., LL. D., clergyman, poet, educator, was born Jan. 20, 1828, in Thornton, N. H. He has filled pastorates in various cities and for many years has been president of the Howard university of Washington, D. C.
He is the author of Auld Scotch Mither, and Other Poems; Subduing Kingdoms; The Hotel of God, and Other Sermons; Atheism of the Heart; Christ His Own Interpreter; and Ingleside Rhaims.
Rankin, John
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 4, 1793, in Dandridge, Tenn.
He was a presbyterian clergyman of Ripley, Ohio, famous as an abolitionist, and many times mobbed for his anti-slavery zeal. He was the author of Letters on American Slavery; and The Covenant of Grace. He died March 18, 1886, near Dandridge, Tenn.
Rankin, John Chambers
clergyman, author, was born May 18, 1816, in Guilford county, N. C. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Baskingridge, N. J., from 1851; and the author of The Coming of the Lord.
Rankin, Joseph
soldier, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 25, 1833, in Passaic, N. J. He served three years in the union army during the civil war; and served in the Wisconsin state legislature eleven years. He was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat. He died Nov. 8, 1885, in Washington, D. C.
Rankin, Leland
journalist, was born June 16, 1867, in Nashville, Tenn. He attended Webb's Classical Training school, and the Southwestern Presbyterian university of Clarksville, Tenn. He has worked on newspapers in Texas, New Orleans, St. Louis, and elsewhere; has been literary editor of the Nashville Banner; chief of the bureau of promotion and publicity at the Tennessee centennial; and director of the Tennessee centennial.
He is now the president and manager of the Nashville American, which publishes daily, Sunday, and semi-weekly editions, and is one of the foremost newspapers of the south.
Rankin, William Bradshaw
college president, was born Sept. 3, 1825, in Little Chucky, Tenn. In 1867 he was chosen president of the Washington college, which position he held until 1875.
Ranney, Ambrose Arnold
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 16, 1821, in Townshend, Vt.
He was corporation counsel of Boston in 1855 and 1856; was a representative in the state legislature in 1857, 1863, and 1864; and was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth congresses as a republican.