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Peyton Randolph

1721 - 1775

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Peyton Randolph (September 10, 1721 – October 22, 1775) was an American politician and planter who was a Founding Father of the United States. Born into Virginia's wealthiest and most powerful family, Randolph served as speaker of Virginia's House of Burgesses, president of the first two Virginia Conventions, and president of the First Continental Congress. He also served briefly as president of the Second Continental Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peyton Randolph has received more than 640,455 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Peyton Randolph is the 15,416th most popular politician (down from 13,856th in 2019), the 9,780th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,135th in 2019) and the 614th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peyton Randolph ranks 15,416 out of 15,577Before him are Forbes Burnham, John Haglelgam, Elliot Richardson, Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, and Eshaq Jahangiri. After him are Daniel Ona Ondo, Jerzy Szmajdziński, Nur Misuari, Ion Chicu, Kamisese Mara, and Fred M. Vinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Peyton Randolph ranks 21Before him are Joseph de Guignes, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Francesco Sabatini, Roger Sherman, William Robertson, and Benjamin Wilson. After him is William Collins. Among people deceased in 1775, Peyton Randolph ranks 16Before him are John Baskerville, Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Richard Montgomery, Egidio Duni, Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, and Shuja-ud-Daula.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peyton Randolph ranks 9,780 out of 18,182Before him are Sleepy John Estes (1899), James Rector (1884), Booth Tarkington (1869), Sid Grauman (1879), Marion Leonard (1881), and Sofia Carson (1993). After him are David Halberstam (1934), Susan Dey (1952), Nick Chinlund (1961), Robert Levin (1947), Karen Nyberg (1969), and Jim Hall (1935).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Peyton Randolph ranks 614Before him are John O. Brennan (1955), Spark Matsunaga (1916), Ted Sorensen (1928), John Henninger Reagan (1818), John Brown Gordon (1832), and Elliot Richardson (1920). After him are Fred M. Vinson (1890), Richard Blumenthal (1946), Ted Kaufman (1939), Susan Collins (1952), Lorenzo Snow (1814), and Tim Kaine (1958).