The New Student's Reference Work/Randolph, Peyton

Randolph, Peyton, was born in Virginia in 1723, and, after studying law in London, was appointed attorney-general of Virginia by the king in 1748. He was president of the continental congress when it first met at Philadelphia in 1774, but resigned on account of ill health. He again took his seat as a member when it reassembled on the 10th of May, 1775, but died at Philadelphia in October.