Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Thomas Jefferson Randolph | |
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Portrait by Charles Willson Peale (1808) | |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Albemarle district | |
| In office December 5, 1842 – December 3, 1843 Serving with Sheldon F. Leake | |
| Preceded by | Valentine W. Southall |
| Succeeded by | Valentine W. Southall |
| In office December 5, 1836 – January 6, 1839 Serving with Alexander Rives | |
| Preceded by | Valentine W. Southall |
| Succeeded by | Valentine W. Southall |
| In office December 1, 1834 – December 6, 1835 Serving with Alexander Rives | |
| Preceded by | Valentine W. Southall |
| Succeeded by | Valentine W. Southall |
| In office December 5, 1831 – December 1, 1833 Serving with Rice W. Wood, Thomas W. Gilmer | |
| Preceded by | Thomas W. Gilmer |
| Succeeded by | Valentine W. Southall |
| Delegate from Albemarle County to the Virginia Convention of 1861 | |
| In office February 13, 1861 – December 6, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Rector of the University of Virginia | |
| In office 1857–1864 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Stevenson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Lewis Preston |
| Delegate from Albemarle County to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 | |
| In office October 14, 1850 – August 1, 1851 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 12, 1792 |
| Died | October 7, 1875 (aged 83) Edge Hill, Virginia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Monticello |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Jane Hollins Nicholas
(m. 1815; died 1871) |
| Children | 13 (incl. Sarah) |
| Parents |
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| Profession | Politician, planter, lawyer, soldier |
| Known for | Eldest grandson and namesake of Thomas Jefferson |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Confederate States |
| Branch/service | Confederate army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
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Thomas Jefferson Randolph (September 12, 1792 – October 7, 1875) was a Virginia planter, soldier and politician who served multiple terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, as rector of the University of Virginia, and as a colonel in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. The favorite grandson of President Thomas Jefferson, he helped manage Monticello near the end of his grandfather's life and was executor of his estate, and later also served in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and at the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861.