Peyton Randolph (1779 – December 26, 1828) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Virginia who served as acting Governor of Virginia for several days at the end of 1811 and beginning of 1812.
He served on the Virginia Privy Council from 1809 to 1812. Following the death of Governor George William Smith and 68 others in the Richmond Theatre fire on December 26, 1811, Randolph served as the ActingGovernor of Virginia, from December 26, 1811, until January 3, 1812.
For many years Randolph was clerk of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. He was the court's official reporter from 1821 until his death and produced the Virginia Reports, the court's official published case records.[1]
He died in Richmond on December 26, 1828.
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^Bryson, William Hamilton (2000). Virginia Law Books By William Hamilton Bryson. American Philosophical Society. ISBN9780871692399.
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