and many other people who knew him, logical prudence defined admin randolph. now, washington had known the randolph family all of his life. and even though randolph's toryr had been a staunch during the american revolution, 's uncle had been a staunch patriot. and he himself had briefly staff in washington's the early part of the american revolution. after the revolution, he became a rising star in virginia politics. in fact, he was the governor of virginia at the time of the -- the drafting of the constitution. however, for all of his talent, randolph could not budget money. he was always in debt. sometimes the alarmingly so. it struck everyone as strange that someone who had such beical prudence would always needing money. it even struck edmund as somewhat illogical, especially when he entered them were to friends -- inopportune friends for loans. and yet his might have of not damage his reputation for probe into the -- and his reputation as a shrewd, though scrupulously honest, attorney that your clients from all over virginia. in fact, when jefferson left t

and yet, as attorney general, admin randolph was going to provide some extremely important advice to washington. particular with regard to constitutional interpretations of presidential appointments and senate confirmation of those appointments. will not go and i into a lot of detail here, but when the u.s. mint was created mintnce the head of the was created, the senate was in session because congress created the institution. but washington could not determine who he wanted in that position before the senate went out of session. randolph advised washington against a recess appointment. and his logic was this. senate had been in session when the position came available, it would not be advisable to do a recess appointment, because that could be used as a precedent that would allow future presidents if they wanted to nominate someone to a position that they thought they might have trouble with the confirmation to simply wait out the senate's session clock and then appoint the person. washington agreed, after randolph explained this possibility to him. and in fact, washington saw this