Randall, J.G. (James Garfield), 1881-1953

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Dates:
Birth 1881
Death 1953
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

American historian who taught history and political science at various colleges before joining the faculty of the Univ. of Illinois in 1920. A leading authority on Lincoln.

From the description of Has the Lincoln theme been exhausted, 1936. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53969462

J.G. Randall: author, historian, and educator. Ruth Painter Randall: biographer; born, 1892; died, 1971.

From the description of J.G. Randall and Ruth Painter Randall papers, 1779-1970 (bulk 1916-1970). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063719

Biographical Note

J. G. Randall

1881, June 24 Born, Indianapolis, Ind. 1903 B.A., Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind. 1904 M.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1911 Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1911 Married Edith Laura Abbott (died 1913) 1913 Published The Confiscation of Property During the Civil War. Indianapolis: Mutual Printing Co. 1917 Married Ruth Elaine Painter 1918 1919 Shipping expert, United States Shipping Board 1920 1949 Professor of history, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. 1926 Published Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1927 1933 Edited with Theodore C. Pease The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning. (2 vols.) Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Library 1937 Published The Civil War and Reconstruction. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co. 1941 Edited with Jeannette P. Nichols Democracy in the Middle West 1840-1940 New York: D. Appleton-Century Co. 1945 1952 Published Lincoln the President. (3 vols.) New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1946 Published Lincoln and the South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1947 Published Lincoln the Liberal Statesman. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1953, Feb. 20 Died, Urbana, Ill.

Ruth Painter Randall

1892, Nov. 1 Born, Salem, Va. 1913 B.A., Roanoke College, Salem, Va. 1914 M.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. 1917 Married James G. Randall (died 1953) 1953 Published Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1955 Published Lincoln's Sons. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1957 Published The Courtship of Mr. Lincoln. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1959 Published I Mary. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1960 Published Colonel Elmer Ellsworth. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1971, Jan. 22 Died, Urbana, Ill.

From the guide to the J. G. Randall and Ruth Painter Randall Papers, 1779-1970, (bulk 1916-1970), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • American Historical Association
  • Biographers
  • Butler University
  • Civil war
  • Universities and colleges
  • Universities and colleges
  • Constitutional history
  • Constitutions
  • Epworth League
  • Illinois College
  • League of Nations
  • Lincoln, Abraham
  • Mississippi Valley Historical Association
  • Reconstruction
  • Shipping Board, United States
  • World War I

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  • Educators
  • Historians

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Illinois (as recorded)

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