'''John Randolph of Roanoke''' (1773-1833) was a Virginia orator and powerful [[Jeffersonian Republican]] member of the House of Representatives and the Senate. A leader of the "[[Quids]]" or '''"Old Republicans,"''', he was deeply committed to [[republicanism]] and was an articulate advocate of [[Jeffersonian Democracy]], although he broke with Jefferson because he feared Jefferson had abandoned true republicanism. | '''John Randolph of Roanoke''' (1773-1833) was a Virginia orator and powerful [[Jeffersonian Republican]] member of the House of Representatives and the Senate. A leader of the "[[Quids]]" or '''"Old Republicans,"''', he was deeply committed to [[republicanism]] and was an articulate advocate of [[Jeffersonian Democracy]], although he broke with Jefferson because he feared Jefferson had abandoned true republicanism. |