Edmund Randolph State of Residency: Virginia Appointment: Jan 2, 1794 Entry on Duty: Jan 2, 1794 Termination of Appointment: Aug 20, 1795 Presidency: Washington

As Secretary of State:

• Directed negotiation of the treaty of 1795 with Spain

• His indiscreet though innocent conversations with the French minister, Joseph Fauchet, led to his resignation from the State Department August 19, 1795

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Born: August 10, 1753
Died: September 12, 1813
Married: Elizabeth Nicholas
Education: College of William and Mary
Occupation: Lawyer

Government Positions: 

• Appointed aide-de-camp to General Washington in 1775

• Member of the virginia constitutional convention in 1776

• Mayor of Williamsburg in 1776

• Attorney General of Virginia 1776-1786

• Member of Continental  Congress 1779-1782

• Governor of Virginia 1786

• Delegate to Annapolis Convention of 1786

• Delegate to Federal Constitutional Convention 1787

• Member of Virginia convention that ratified the Constitution 1788

• Member of State House of Delegates 1788-1789

• Attorney General to President Washington 1789-1794

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