Jennings Randolph served West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1947 and in the United States Senate from 1958 to 1985. His political legacy includes legislation that lowered the voting age to eighteen, provided job opportunities for the disabled, and secured funding for the expansion of the interstate highway system in West Virginia.
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with John F. Kennedy in McDowell County during 1959 primary campaign. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Salem College Board of Trustees, 1923-1924. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Young Jennings Randolph with grandfather Jesse Randolph, sister Ernestine Randolph, father Ernest Randolph, and mother Idell Bingman Randolph, c. 1906. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Tim Armstead, February 3, 1983. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph, Robert C. Byrd, and Daniel Inouye at opening of senatorial phone booths, 1982. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Mary, Frank, and Jennings Jr. (Jay) Randolph, 1942. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph waving railroad lantern, 1984. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Michael Benedum and Lloyd Wicke at Benedum’s 86th birthday celebration, 1955. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph, Ken Hechler, and Robert C. Byrd, Surplus Commodities Breakfast, April 9, 1959. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with unidentified, Alumni Office, Davis and Elkins College, August 25, 1942. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Matthew Neely, Mrs. Carl Galbraith, Arthur B. Koontz, Cleveland Bailey, Whistle Stop Campaign Tour, Martinsburg or Clarksburg, October 29, 1944. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph playing golf with son Jay, undated. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Manuscript, Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jennings Randolph concerning trip to West Virginia, November 13, 1963. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Banana and Tomato, dogs owned by Susan Margolis, 1978. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph and President Jimmy Carter, June 24, 1976. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with unidentified, World War II Scrap Drive, 1940s. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with unidentified group at dedication of bridge named for him, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, April 22, 1974. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with President Richard Nixon and Vice President Gerald Ford, 1973. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, (Left to right) Jay Randolph, Jennings Randolph, Mary Randolph, and Frank Randolph, undated. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Mary Lou Retton, Ed Etzel, and Robert C. Byrd. August 17, 1984. Retton and Etzel were both Olympic Gold Medalists. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others at signing of the Federal Aid Highway Act, August 13, 1964. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings and Frank Randolph with David Jannsen, Columbia Pictures premiere, Marooned October 1969. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Nick Hollis, Gustavo de los Reyes, Gustavo de los Reyes Jr., and Elena Caldera, Agri-Energy Roundtable, April 3, 1984. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Document, S. J. Res. 7, Legislation to Extend the Right to Vote to Citizens Eighteen Years Old and Older, January 25, 1971. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Pearl White Ward, the first woman to make a parachute jump over the United States in Alexandria, Virginia in 1928, March 20, 1979. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Girl Scouts Group, Clarksburg, West Virginia, August 1, 1962. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, (Left to Right) Secretary of the Army Dr. Elvis Stahr, Elgin Baylor, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Rod Hundley, at Coal Field House, February 6, 1961. Baylor, Robertson, and West are three of the fifty greatest players in National Basketball Association history. Hundley was one of two West Virginia University players ever to have his number retired, the other being West. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Ted and Joan Kennedy at Robert F. Kennedy dinner, 1969. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with George H. W. and Barbara Bush, December 1982. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Jay Randolph and Jay Randolph Jr., July 25, 1971. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph receiving honorary degree from West Virginia State University, 1963. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Document, Remarks by Senator Jennings Randolph in honor of the 78 victims of the Farmington Mine Disaster, Flag Ceremony at Miners’ Memorial, Farmington, West Virginia, August 15, 1971. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Salem College President K. Duane Hurley, December 1965. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, Jennings and Frank Randolph with West Virginia Cadets, Air Force Academy, undated. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Hulett Smith, Burl Sawyers, John L. Sweeney, Paul Crabtree, highway project groundbreaking in Doddridge County, the first project officially authorized under the Appalachian Development Program, July 6, 1965. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Portrait of Jennings Randolph, undated. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings and Mary Randolph, 1969 Mountain State Forest Festival. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Manuscript, Letter to Jennings Randolph from Robert C. Byrd thanking Randolph for his service and congratulating him on his 1978 reelection, November 14, 1978. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives |
| Photograph, (Left to Right) Cecil Underwood, Jennings Randolph, Robert C. Byrd, unidentified, K. Duane Hurley, Testimonial Honoring Jennings Randolph’s 50 years of service to Salem College, July 2, 1973. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Harry Truman, June 26, 1959. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Jay Rockefeller, unidentified, dedication of Jennings Randolph Bridge, US 30, Chester, November 7, 1977. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Salem College Board of Trustees, 1973-1974. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Manuscript, Letter to Jennings Randolph from Jimmy Carter congratulating him on casting his 9,000th vote as a U.S. Senator, September 4, 1980. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with Arch Moore at Silver Memorial Bridge Dedication, 1971. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with cake honoring his 10,000th vote as a U.S. Senator, September 29, 1982. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, (Left to right) Frank Randolph, Senator Jennings Randolph, Mary Randolph, and Jay Randolph, undated. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph at Lyndon B. Johnson’s Funeral, January 25, 1973. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph at desk, undated. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph fueling airplane powered by gasoline made from coal. Randolph flew with pilot Arthur C. Hyde from Morgantown to Washington, D.C. on November 3, 1943, the first flight made by an airplane fueled from gasoline derived from coal. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph speaking at Association of Airport Executives Convention, Chicago, Illinois, April 1948. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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| Photograph, Jennings Randolph with unidentified, Capital Airlines Plane, c. 1950s. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
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