U.S. Senator and Governor of New Jersey Theodore F. Randolph Autograph

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U.S. SENATOR AND NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR THEODORE F. RANDOLPH AUTOGRAPH
Signature "Theo F. Randolph, New Jersey" on a 2" x 5" slip of paper
In fine
condition
Theodore Fitz Randolph
(June 24, 1826 – November 7, 1883) was an
American
Democratic Party
politician
, who served as the
22nd
Governor
of
New Jersey
from 1869 to 1872, and represented the state in the
United States Senate
for a single term, from 1875 to 1881. He was the son of
US Representative
James F. Randolph
.
Biography
Born in
Mansfield
,
Tioga County, Pennsylvania
, Randolph attended the common schools of
New Brunswick, New Jersey
. He engaged in the coal and iron business, moved to
Vicksburg, Mississippi
and engaged in business in 1840. He returned to New Jersey and settled in
Jersey City, New Jersey
in 1852, became interested in mining and the transportation of ores and was president of the
Morris and Essex Railroad
. Randolph was elected as a member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
in 1859 and served in the
New Jersey Senate
from 1862 to 1863. He was elected
Governor of New Jersey
, serving in office from 1869 to 1872.
Randolph was elected as a
Democrat
to the
United States Senate
and served from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1881. In the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs in the
Forty-sixth United States Congress
.
Randolph invented a stitching machine and a steam typewriter.
He was also one of the executors of the estate of American entrepreneur, industrialist and banking magnate Abel Minard.
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Randolph died in
Morristown
,
Morris County, New Jersey
, and is interred in
Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown
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