Editing Peyton Randolph (section)

==Death and legacy==

Randolph returned as a Virginia delegate but suffered a five-hour-long fit of [[apoplexy]] and died while dining with [[Thomas Jefferson]] in Philadelphia on October 22, 1775.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meacham |first1=Jon |title=Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power |date=2013 |publisher=[[Random House]] |isbn=9780812979480 |page=94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7QBwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA94}}</ref> His remains were returned to Williamsburg and were interred at the chapel of the College of William & Mary. Since renamed the [[Wren Building]], Randolph remains buried in the chapel following its restoration.<ref>{{cite book|title=Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion|publisher=Virginia Library|date=1992|isbn=978-0884901730|page=317}}</ref> As the Continental Congress had assumed governmental duties for the colonies as a whole, such as appointing ambassadors, some consider Randolph to have been the first [[President of the United States]], even though he died in 1775.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.russpickett.com/ushist/uscont.htm|title=Continental Congress Presidents - 1774 to 1789|website=www.russpickett.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pfister |first=James |date= |title=Peyton Randolph...America's first president? |url=https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2020/07/21/peyton-randolphhellipamericarsquos-first-president/114345582/ |website=The Monroe News}}</ref>

The Continental Congress honored Randolph by naming one of the first naval frigates as the [[USS Randolph (1776)|USS ''Randolph'']], as well by naming a fort at the junction of the [[Ohio River]] and the [[Kanawha River]], as [[Fort Randolph (West Virginia)|Fort Randolph]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Brief History of Forts Randolph and Blair at Point Pleasant |url=http://pointpleasantwv.org/Parks&Campgrounds/Local/Fort_Randolph/forts_randolph_blair.htm|access-date=2021-06-26|website=pointpleasantwv.org}}</ref>

[[Randolph County, North Carolina]]; [[Randolph, Massachusetts]]; and [[Randolph County, Indiana]], were named to honor the colonial statesman.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Randolph County -NCpedia|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/geography/randolph#:~:text=Randolph%20County,%20located%20in%20the,president%20of%20the%20Continental%20Congress.|access-date=2021-03-01|website=www.ncpedia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Randolph - Massachusetts, United States|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Randolph-Massachusetts|access-date=2021-03-01|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=IHB|date=2020-12-07|title=Origin of Indiana County Names|url=https://www.in.gov/history/about-indiana-history-and-trivia/explore-indiana-history-by-topic/origin-of-indiana-county-names/|access-date=2021-03-01|website=IHB|language=en}}</ref> During World War II, the early ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier [[USS Randolph (CV-15)|USS ''Randolph'' (CV-15)]] was named for him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Randolph II (CV-15)|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/r/randolph-ii.html|access-date=2021-03-01|website=NHHC|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Peyton Randolph House]] in [[Colonial Williamsburg]] was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peyton Randolph House|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1037&ResourceType=Building|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011063301/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1037&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=October 11, 2012|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=National Park Service| date=16 April 2003 }}</ref>