This work, originally written in 1882, provides a biography of John Randolph, a prominent figure in American national politics in the early 1800s. Presenting relevant letters by Randolph, the book covers his relations with the Jeffersonians and Jacksonians.

Henry Adams, Robert McColley

Chapter I Youth; Chapter II Virginian Politics; Chapter III In Harness; Chapter IV A Centralizing Statesman; Chapter V Vaulting Ambition; Chapter VI Yazoo and Judge Chase; Chapter VII The Quarrel; Chapter VIII Monroe and the Smiths; Chapter IX "A Nuisance and a Curse"; Chapter X Eccentricities; Chapter XI Blifil and Black George; Chapter XII "Faculties Misemployed";