George W Randolph Net Worth

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After the war, he returned to his plantation and continued to practice law. His net worth was estimated to be around $1.9 billion, making him one of the wealthiest people in the United States at the time. George W Randolph was a prominent nineteenth-century lawyer and planter who served as Secretary of War of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. He was born in 1818 and fought in the Battle of Big Bethel (Virginia) in 1861. After the war, he returned to his plantation and continued to practice law, amassing a net worth of $1.9 billion, making him one of the wealthiest people in the United States at the time.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day	March 10, 1818
Birth Place	Virginia
Age	201 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign	Pisces

💰 Net worth: $1.9 billion (2024)

About

This prominent nineteenth-century lawyer and planter is perhaps best remembered for his service during the American Civil War as Secretary of War of the Confederate States. He entered the Confederate Army as a major and began rising through the ranks after participating in the Battle of Big Bethel (Virginia) in 1861.

Before Fame

Before serving in the Confederate Army, he attended the University of Virginia and enlisted in the United States Navy.

Trivia

In the years following the Civil War, he lived in England and France. One year before his death from tuberculosis, he returned to his native Virginia and was laid to rest at Monticello (the Jefferson family's homestead).

Family Life

He married Mary Elizabeth Adams Pope in 1852. The son of Martha Jefferson Randolph and the grandson of third United States President Thomas Jefferson, he was also related on his father's side to Jamestown colonist John Rolfe and Rolfe's Native American wife, Pocahontas.

Associated With

Jefferson Davis made Randolph Secretary of War in March of 1862.

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