These 8 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Randolph, Ranelagh.
SAMUEL JACKSON, an American statesman; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 10, 1828. In 1862 he was elected to Congress, serving continuously till his death. He was Speaker of the House, 1876-1881. As such he used his influence in guiding the House through the dangerous crisis produced by the uncertainty of the presidential election of 1876. He died in Washington, D. C., April 12, 1890.
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ALFRED MAGILL, an American clergyman; born in Winchester, Va., Aug. 31, 1836; was graduated at William and Mary College in 1855 and at the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1858; was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church; became rector of St. George's Church, Fredericksburg, Va., in 1860, and remained there till the assault on the town by the Union troops in 1862. He was a chaplain in the Confederate army in 1863-1865, and was rector is not of very high quality, yielding about of Emmanuel Church, Baltimore, Md., in 1867-1883. In 1892 he was elected bishop of the Southern Virginia diocese. Published "Reason, Faith, and Authority in Christianity" (1902). He died in 1918..
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EDMUND JENNINGS, an American statesman; born in Williamsburg, Va., Aug. 10, 1753; studied at William and Mary College, and was admitted to the bar. In 1776 he helped to frame the constitution of Virginia, and became the State's first attorney-general. In 1786-1788 he was governor of Virginia, and in 1787 a member of the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States. In 1789, he was appointed by Washington Attorney-General of the United States. In 1794 he was made Secretary of State, but after the President's signing of the Jay Treaty (1795) with England he resigned in order to be free to vindicate his own conduct. Meanwhile he was practically ruined by the responsibility which he had incurred, as part of the duties of his office, for certain funds provided for foreign service; and had to assign his lands and slaves. He died in Clarke co., Va., Sept. 13, 1813.
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JOHN, "of Roanoke," an American statesman; born in Cawsons, Chesterfield co., Va., June 2, 1778. He claimed descent from Pocahontas, the Indian princess. He was educated for the law, but turned to politics. In 1799 he was elected to Congress, where he became the acknowledged leader of the administration ion party. His His opposition to the War of 1812 caused his defeat in the following election; but he was re-elected to Congress in 1814. From 1825 to 1827 he was a United States Senator. In 1829 he was a member of the convention for revising the constitution of Virginia, and the year following was appointed United States minister to Russia. On his return he was again elected to Congress, but was unable to occupy his seat. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 24, 1833.
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ran'dolf, Edmund Jennings (1753-1813), an American statesman. He was a native of Williamsburg, Virginia, and was educated at William and Mary College . Virginia sent him to Congress and made him governor. He was a member of the convention that framed the Constitution of the United States and, though it did not please him, he recommended its adoption. When the national government was established, Washington made him his first attorney-general. In 1794 he succeeded Jefferson as secretary of state , but, finding that he did not enjoy the confidence of the president, he resigned and retired to the practice of law in his native state.
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John (1773-1833), a distinguished American statesman. He belonged to an old, wealthy, influential family of Virginia. By way of distinction from the many other members of the family, he was known as Randolph of Roanoke. He was reputed to be a direct descendent of Pocahontas. He was educated at William and Mary, Princeton, and Columbia. He took up the practice of law. In 1799 he entered Congress. He denounced the Alien and Sedition Laws and opposed the War of 1812. During Jackson's administration he was minister to Russia, yet upheld Calhoun against Jackson in the nullification controversy. He was a tall, slender, dark complexioned man, with a keen, high, shrill voice and long, thin hands. He had a habit of shaking his forefinger at his opponents when speaking excitedly. He was a man of eccentric ideas and great originality. He despised the Northern men who compromised with slavery, calling them "doughfaces." When Adams of New England and Clay of Kentucky formed an alliance, Randolph stigmatized it as "a combination of Puritan and blackleg." Clay challenged him to a duel. He accepted, fired his gun into the air, and offered Clay his hand. He was never married. At his death he emancipated 318 slaves and left them property enough to start them off in life. See Pocahontas
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Peyton (1723-1775), an American statesman. He was a native of Williamsburg and was graduated at William and Mary College . He held a lucrative position from the king as royal attorney to the colony. He was nevertheless one of the leading spirits in exciting the Revolution. In 1764 he was an active member of the Virginia House of Burgesses that memorialized the king against the passage of the Stamp Act . When Massachusetts sent out a call for concerted action to oppose the encroachments of royal authority, Randolph was one of the foremost to induce Virginia to respond cordially. He was a member of the First Continental Congress and was chosen unanimously its president.
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a building erected in 1742 on the site of the gardens of a villa of the last Earl of Ranelagh Chelsea, London, England. Its rotunda was 150 feet in diameter, with an orchestra in the center and tiers of boxes all round. The chief amusement, promenading, as it was called, was going round and round the area below, and taking refreshments in the boxes, the orchestra performing meanwhile. Ranelagh was a fashionable and notorious place of resort in 1740- 1803. Its last public appearance was when the installation ball of the Knights of the Bath was given there in 1802. This building was closed the next year and torn down. Its site is now part of the Chelsea Hospital garden.
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