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

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)