Jennings Randolph

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Jennings Randolph (March 8, 1902 – May 8, 1998) was an American politician from West Virginia.

He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.

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Early life and career

Randolph was born in Salem, West Virginia, the son of Idell (Bingham) and Ernest Fitz Randolph. After William Jennings Bryan's name, he was named. Both his grandfather and father were mayors of Salem.

He attended public schools and graduated from Salem Academy in 1920 and 1922. In 1924, he began working in Clarksburg, West Virginia, newspaper journalism. In 1925, he was associate editor of the West Virginia Review in Charleston, West Virginia,; editor of the Davis and Elkins College of public speaking and journalism at Elkins, West Virginia; and trustee of Salem College and Davis College.

In 1930, he was a poor candidate for the Second Congress, but he was elected to the Seventy-third and the Six succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1947. While serving as a congressman, he was chairman of the United States House Committee on the District of Columbia (Seventy-sixth Congresses) and the United States House Committee on Civil Service (Seventy-ninth Congress).

Randolph was a poor candidate for re-election during the Republican landslide of 1946. He went on to become a professor of public speaking at Southeastern University in Washington, D.C., 1935–1953, and dean of the School of Business Administration from 1952 to 1958; he served as assistant to president and director of public relations, Capital Airlines (later purchased by United Airlines), Washington, D.C., February 1947-1958.

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