John Randolph

John Randolph's Death

Born (Birthday) June 2, 1773

Death Date May 24, 1833

Age of Death 59 years

Cause of Death N/A

Profession Politician

The politician John Randolph died at the age of 59. Here is all you want to know and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Congressman from Virginia who in the House of Representatives at various times between 1799 and 1833. He was the leader of the “Old Republicans”, a faction of the early Democratic-Republican Party that was an extreme advocate of states’ rights.

He attended college in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia.

He lost one term due to opposing the War of 1812 and he was one of the founders of the American Colonization Society in 1816, to send free blacks to a colony in Africa.

Quotes

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"We all know our duty better than we discharge it."

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"The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it."

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"I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality."

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"Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions."

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