Randolph County, Illinois
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Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 30,163. Its county seat is Chester.
Randolph County Courthouse in Chester
Edmund Randolph
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Edmund Jennings Randolph was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, and the 7th Governor of Virginia. As a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was appointed the first United States Attorney General by George Washington and subsequently served as the second Secretary of State during the Washington administration.
George Washington witnesses Gouverneur Morris sign the constitution as Benjamin Franklin attends (at left; glasses) and Edmund Randolph and Alexander Hamilton look on (far right), in John Henry Hintermeister's 1925 painting, Foundation of the American Government.
Grave of Edmund Randolph