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.