Jennings Randolph
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United States Senator from West Virginia |
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In office November 5, 1958 – January 3, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jay Rockefeller |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947 |
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| Preceded by | Frank L. Bowman |
| Succeeded by | Melvin C. Snyder |
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March 8, 1902 Salem, West Virginia |
| Died | May 8, 1998 (aged 96) St. Louis, Missouri |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Katherine Babb |
| Religion | Seventh Day Baptist |
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.
Randolph was born in Salem, West Virginia, the son of Idell (Bingham) and Ernest Fitz Randolph. He was named after William Jennings Bryan. Both his grandfather and father had been mayors of Salem.
He attended the public schools, and graduated from the Salem Academy in 1920 and Salem College in 1922. He engaged in newspaper work in Clarksburg, West Virginia in 1924. He was the associate editor of West Virginia Review at Charleston, West Virginia in 1925; head of the department of public speaking and journalism at Davis and Elkins College at Elkins, West Virginia, 1926–1932; and a trustee of Salem College and Davis and Elkins College.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress, but was elected to the Seventy-third and to the six succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1947. While a congressman, he was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on the District of Columbia (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth Congresses) and the U.S. House Committee on Civil Service (Seventy-ninth Congress).
Randolph was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection 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 School of Business Administration from 1952 to 1958; he was assistant to president and director of public relations, Capital Airlines (later purchased by United Airlines), Washington, D.C., February 1947-April 1958.
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