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      • John Randolph (June 2, 1773 – May 24, 1833), commonly known as John Randolph of Roanoke, [note 1] was an American planter, and a politician from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives at various times between 1799 and 1833, and the Senate from 1825 to 1827. He was also Minister to Russia under Andrew Jackson in 1830.
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  2. John Randolph (June 2, 1773 – May 24, 1833), commonly known as John Randolph of Roanoke, [note 1] was an American planter, and a politician from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives at various times between 1799 and 1833, and the Senate from 1825 to 1827.

  3. John Randolph (born June 2, 1773, Prince George County, Virginia [U.S.]—died May 24, 1833, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American political leader who was an important proponent of the doctrine of states’ rights in opposition to a strong centralized government.

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  4. Emanuel Hirsch Cohen (June 1, 1915 – February 24, 2004), better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor. [1] Randolph was born Emanuel Hirsch Cohen in New York City on June 1, 1915, the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Romania. [2] .

  5. May 29, 2018 · John Randolph (1773-1833), half-mad, half-genius American statesman, foreshadowed John C. Calhoun, who developed Randolph's states'-rights premises into a political philosophy. Scion of a great Virginia family, John Randolph was born on June 2, 1773, at his grandfather's plantation in Prince George County.

  6. John Randolph of Roanoke—one of Virginias best-known statesmenwas a relentless defender of the slave states’ rights, so his deathbed declaration that he wanted to free the people he enslaved took nearly everyone by surprise. But it soon emerged that Randolph had left inconsistently written wills.

  7. Jun 4, 2004 · Actor and activist, Randolph shined his light through the anti-Communist hysteria of the McCarthyite 1950s. He was systematically banned from film and TV for over a decade by the...

  8. The first biography of Randolph in nearly a century, John Randolph of Roanoke provides a full account of the powerful Virginia planter's hardcharging life and his influence on the formation of conservative politics.