John Randolph of Roanoke

I am an aristocrat

States, soil, and suspicion of power.

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Governance+46

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The acerbic Virginia statesman whose defence of states' rights, agrarianism and inherited liberty made him a lasting hero of the American traditionalist right.

social

Old-Republican traditionalist.

economic

Agrarian property and free trade against federal schemes.

governance

States' rights and a deep distrust of central consolidation.

Notable for

'Old Republican' leader
States'-rights champion
Famed congressional orator

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