Theodore F. Randolph

Theodore Fitz Randolph
Theodore Fitz Randolph
United States Senator; from New Jersey
	In office; March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881
Preceded by	John P. Stockton
Succeeded by	William J. Sewell
22nd Governor of New Jersey
	In office; January 19, 1869 – January 16, 1872
Preceded by	Marcus L. Ward
Succeeded by	Joel Parker
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
	In office; 1859
Member of the New Jersey Senate
	In office; 1862–1863
Personal details
Born	June 24, 1826; Mansfield, Pennsylvania
Died	November 7, 1883 (aged 57); Morristown, New Jersey
Political party	Democratic

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 4, 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.^[1]

^ New York Times February 21, 1871. The Will of the Late Abel Minard
^ "Hon. Theodore F. Randolph". Hartford Courant. November 7, 1883. Retrieved 2009-12-30. Theodore Fitz Randolph, ex-United States senator and ex-governor of New Jersey, died suddenly Wednesday morning at his home in Morristown, N. J. He had not been in good health for some time, but had not been seriously ill. His death is attributed to heart disease. Mr. Randolph was born in New Brunswick, N. J., June 24, 1826. After receiving an ordinary... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

Political offices
Preceded by Marcus Lawrence Ward	Governor of New Jersey January 19, 1869 – January 16, 1872	Succeeded by Joel Parker
U.S. Senate
Preceded by John P. Stockton	U.S. senator (Class 1) from New Jersey March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881 Served alongside: Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, John R. McPherson	Succeeded by William Joyce Sewell
Party political offices
Preceded by Theodore Runyon	Democratic Nominee for Governor of New Jersey 1868	Succeeded by Joel Parker

v t e Governors of New Jersey
Proprietary Province	Carteret
East New Jersey	Carteret Barclay Hamilton Basse Hamilton
West New Jersey	Byllynge Coxe Hamilton Basse Hamilton
Dominion of New England (1688–89)	Andros
Royal governors	Viscount Cornbury Baron Lovelace Ingoldesby (Lt. Gov.) Hunter Burnet Montgomerie Morris (acting) Cosby Anderson (acting) Hamilton (acting) Lord De La Warr Morris Hamilton (acting) Reading (acting) Belcher Reading (acting) Pownall (Lt. Gov.) Reading (acting) Bernard Boone Hardy Franklin
State (since 1776)	Livingston Paterson Howell Bloomfield Ogden W. S. Pennington M. Dickerson Williamson Vroom Southard Seeley Vroom P. Dickerson W. Pennington Haines Stratton Haines G. F. Fort Price Newell Olden Parker Ward Randolph Parker Bedle McClellan Ludlow Abbett Green Abbett Werts Griggs Voorhees F. Murphy Stokes J. F. Fort Wilson Fielder Edge Runyon* Edwards Silzer Moore Larson Moore Hoffman Moore Edison Edge Driscoll Meyner Hughes Cahill Byrne Kean Florio Whitman DiFrancesco* McGreevey Codey* Corzine Christie P. Murphy
* Under N.J.S.A. 52:15-5 (as amended in 2005), an acting governor serving for 180 continuous days or more is conferred the title of Governor.

v t e United States senators from New Jersey
Class 1	Elmer Rutherfurd Davenport Schureman Ogden Condit Lambert Wilson Southard McIlvaine Bateman Dickerson Southard W. Dayton R. F. Stockton Thomson Field J. Wall Wright F. T. Frelinghuysen J. Stockton Randolph Sewell Blodgett J. Smith J. Kean Martine J. Frelinghuysen Edwards H. Kean Moore Milton Barbour Walsh A. Smith Williams Brady Lautenberg Corzine Menendez Helmy
Class 2	Paterson Dickinson F. Frelinghuysen R. Stockton J. Dayton Kitchell Condit Dickerson T. Frelinghuysen G. Wall Miller Wright Ten Eyck J. Stockton Cattell F. T. Frelinghuysen McPherson Sewell Dryden Briggs Hughes Baird Edge Baird Jr. Morrow Barbour Smathers Hawkes Hendrickson Case Bradley Torricelli Lautenberg Chiesa Booker

v t e Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
Military Affairs Committee (1816–1947)	J. Williams Troup J. Williams Jackson Harrison Benton Preston Crittenden Benton Cass Benton Davis Shields Weller Davis Johnson Wilson Logan Spencer Randolph Logan Sewell Hawley Walthall Hawley Proctor Warren du Pont Johnston Chamberlain Wadsworth Reed Sheppard Reynolds Thomas
Naval Affairs Committee (1816–1947)	Tait Sanford Pleasants Lloyd Hayne Dallas Southard Rives R. Williams Mangum Bayard Fairfield Yulee Gwin Mallory J. Hale Grimes Cragin Sargent McPherson Cameron McPherson Cameron E. Hale Perkins Tillman Swanson Page F. Hale Trammell Walsh
Armed Services Committee (1947–present)	Gurney Tydings Russell Saltonstall Russell Stennis Tower Goldwater Nunn Thurmond Warner Levin Warner Levin Warner Levin McCain Inhofe Reed

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