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Joseph Fitz Randolph (March 14, 1803 – March 20, 1873) was an AmericanWhig Party politician who representedNew Jersey in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1843 as part of ageneral ticket covering the entire state.

Randolph was born inNew York City on March 14, 1803, and moved in his early childhood with his parents toPiscataway, New Jersey. He was educated by private tutors and in private schools, and prepared for the class of 1825 inRutgers College, but did not enter. He studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice inFreehold Township, New Jersey as a prosecuting attorney forMonmouth County, New Jersey about 1836.^{[citation needed]}

Randolph was elected as a Whig to theTwenty-fifth,Twenty-sixth andTwenty-seventh Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1843. He served as chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims in the Twenty-sixth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

After leaving Congress, he moved toNew Brunswick in 1843 and resumed the practice of law. He was a delegate to the Stateconstitutional convention in 1844, and served as a member of the committee appointed by the Governor in 1844 to revise the statutes of New Jersey.

He moved toTrenton in 1845 and was an associate justice of theNew Jersey Supreme Court from 1845 to 1852. He was a member of thePeace Conference of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to prevent the impending war.

Randolph moved toJersey City in 1864, where he died in on March 20, 1873. He was interred inEaston Cemetery inEaston, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]}

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