Figure 1.--John Randolph was painted here at about 14 years of age which would have been about 1787. Note the adukt-looking suit and short hair. |
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Figure 1.--John Randolph was painted here at about 14 years of age which would have been about 1787. Note the adukt-looking suit and short hair. |
Randolph was an American statesman born 1733 in Cawsons, Virginia. He was related to Edmund Randolph, Aide de Camp,to General Washington and Indian Princess Pocahontos.
John as a boy he appears to have worn adult-styled close and thde specialized boys' styles were just beginning to take hold. I'm not sure how he wore his hair as a young boy, but by the mid 1780s he was wearing it short, without a wig or queue.
Randolph was elected to Congress on 1799. He became the Semocratic leader, but quarled with fellow Virgininian, President Thomas Jefferson. He opposed the War of 1812 and the Missourri Compromise which put off the Civil War. He sided against another democratic president, Jackson on the nulification issue. He was elected to the Senate in 1825 and appointed ambassador to Russia in 1830. Upon his death he manumitted his numerous slaves and provided for their settlement in a free colony.
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