Primary Resource Links and Descriptions for Edmund Randolph
Clue # / Thumbnail / Link / Clue Topic / Grade Level1a
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/ Johnson's Virginia, Delaware, Maryland & West Virginia.
[Williamsburg, Va., ca 1740] / State -VA / 4-12
2 / / Williamsburg, Virginia. Governor's Palace in Williamsburg I / Governor of VA / 4-12
3 / / The alternative of Williams-burg / Father a tory / 6-12
4 / / The United States frigate Constitution - at anchor off Fort Adams, Newport, R.I. / Major contribution in forming the Constitution / 4-12
5 / / Scene at signing of the Constitution of the United States / Major contributor at Constitutional Convention / 4-12
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6b / / We the people of the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare and establ
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875 Farrand'sRecords, Volume 2 Page 644 of 667 / Presents the Virginia Plan
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Member of committee of detail which works out the “Great Compromise”
Did not sign but supported the constitution in VA convention / 6-12
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7b / / Section 9, Article 1 of the Constitution
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875 Farrand's Records, Volume 3 Page 334 of 685 / Slavery / 6-12
8 / / [Edmund Randolph, head-and-shouldersportrait] / Portrait / 4-12
9 / / The Constitution! H. De Marsan. No. 60 Chatham Street, N. Y. [n. d.] / Just for fun / 4-12
10a and 10b / / Edmund Randolph to James Madison, July 5, 1782. / Little known fact: close friend of Madison and wrote in code with him / 6-12
Randolph, Edmund, delegate from Virginia, attendance at Convention of, III, 590; character sketch of, III, 95, 237; elected on committees, I, 538, (542), II, 97, (106), (445), 448; presents, explains and modifies Virginia Plan or Randolph Resolutions, I, 16--42, 51, 53, (57, 60), 67; favors small senate elected by house, I, 51, (58); favors executive of three, I, 66, (71, 72, 74), 88, (90, 92), 97; opposes general negative on state laws, I, 168; opposes election of executive by state executives, I, 176, (181); favors amendment of Constitution without consent of legislature, l, 203; favors oath to support Constitution, I, 203, (207); favors guarantee to states, I, 206; favors seven years term for senate, I, 218; favors establishing only general principles of jurisdiction of federal judiciary, I, 223, (232), 238; moves to give time to opposition to prepare a plan, I, 223, 240; considers powers of Convention adequate, I, 255, 262, (270, 272); favors ratification of Constitution by people of nine states, I, 336, II, 89, 469; favors two years term for representatives, I, 360, (365); favors payment of representatives by national government, I, 372, (377); favors rotation of senators, I, 408, (415); favors prayers in Convention, I, 452; favors compromise on proportional representation in house but opposes equality in senate, I, 514, (519), 543, 561, 567, 570, 578, 579, 594, 603, II, 17, 18, 19; thinks definition of powers of government too loose, II, 26, 488; opposes appointment of judges by executive, II, 43, 81; favors inferior courts, II, 46; favors election of executive by legislature with ineligibility to second term, II, 54, 121; favors impeachment of executive, II, 67; draft of committee of detail in handwriting of, II, 137; proposes modification of wording of various clauses, II, 199, 304, 315, 316, 414, 430, 448, 607, 608; favors December for time of meeting of congress, Il, 200; favors limitation of money bills, II, 230, 232, 234, (243), 262, 273, 278, 280; favors vacancies in senate being filled by state executives, II, 231, (242); objects to fourteen years citizenship for senators, and accepts nine years tentatively, II, 237, 239; favors power in each house to control attendance of absent members, II, 253; favors two thirds of each house to expel a member, II, 254; favors permitting an individual to call for yeas and nays, II, 255; favors permitting any senator to enter his dissent, II, 255; favors four years instead of seven for citizenship for representatives, II, 268; favors ineligibility of members of congress to office, II, 290, 491; favors power to emit bills of credit, II, 310; objects to national legislature deciding whether state legislature can or cannot meet, II, 317; criticizes definition of treason, II, 345, 347; opposes export tax by two thirds vote, II, 363; favors importation of slaves for sake of compromise, II, 374; favors fulfilment of engagements of congress, II, 377; favors control of militia, II, 387, 617; opposes ratification of treaties by law, II, 393; favors leaving legislature free to refer appointments to states, II, 405, 406; opposes removal of judges, II, 429; proposes second general convention with power, Il, 479, 561, 564, 631, (634); opposes new plan of electing president, II, 500, 502, 537; opposes each house being judge of privileges of its members, II, 503; thinks senate tends toward aristocracy, II, 513; favors power in congress to declare succession to presidency, II, 535; opposes pardon of treason, II, 564, (580), 626, 627; favors two thirds vote to over-rule president's veto, II, 563, 587; favors power to grant charters of incorporation, II, 615; objections of, to the Constitution, II, 452, 560, 563, III, 124, 127, 135; refuses to sign Constitution, II, 644, 646, 649, III, 124; suggestion of, to conciliate small states, III, 55; writes to Beverley Randolph on progress of Convention and expenses of delegates, III, 29, 36, 49, 57, 74, 76, 83; writes to speaker of Virginia house of delegates on his refusal to sign Constitution, III, 123; in Virginia convention: explains his refusal to sign Constitution, III, 307, 337, explains method of taxation, 309, explains freedom of religion, 310, explains trial by jury in civil cases, 309, explains that constitution of Massachusetts was model for power given to president, 312, explains
Page 677 | Page image power over militia, 319, explains the restriction upon granting titles of nobility, 327, explains the re-eligibility of president, 328, explains prohibition of ex post facto laws, 328, and explains clause on importation of slaves, 334; letters of Madison to, III, 297, 358; letter of Washington to, III, 242.
Randolph Resolutions (see Virginia Plan).