John Randolph. Letters of John Randolph, to a Young Relative, Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834, 254pp.
John Randolph. Collected letters of John Randolph of Roanoke to Dr. John Brockenbrough, 1812-1833, edited by Kenneth Shorey ; foreword by Russell Kirk, New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Books, 1988. xxiv, 157 p. ISBN 0887381944
Henry Adams. John Randolph, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1882, 313p.
Henry Adams. John Randolph: A New Edition with Primary Documents and Introduction by Robert McColley, New York, M. E. Sharp, 1996, ISBN 1563246538
Powhatan Bouldin. Home Reminiscences of John Randolph of Roanoke, Danville, VA and Richmond, VA, The author and Clemmitt & Jones, 1878.
William Cabell Bruce. John Randolph of Roanoke, 1773-1833; a biography based largely on new material, in 2 volumes, New York, London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1922 (2nd revised edition in 1 volume 1939, reprinted New York, Octagon Books, 1970)
Richard Heath Dabney. John Randolph, a character sketch, by Richard Heath Dabney together with anecdotes, characteristics, and chronology by L. B. Vaughan and others. Chicago, The University association, 1898 as part of: The Patriot; a series of American character studies, vol. 1, no. 9 Reprinted:
Milwaukee, WI, H. G. Campbell publishing co., 1903, 179 p.
Robert Dawidoff. The Education of John Randolph, New York, Norton, 1979, 346p, ISBN 0393012425
Hugh A. Garland. The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke, in 2 volumes, New York, D. Appleton, 1850. (standard biography, dozens of editions)
Fairfax Harrison. The Roanoke Stud, 1795-1833, Richmond, Va., Priv. print., Old Dominion press, 1930, 244p.
Russell Kirk. Randolph of Roanoke; a study in conservative thought, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1951, 186p. Greatly expanded over 4 editions, see:
John Randolph of Roanoke: a study in American politics, with selected speeches and letters, 4th ed., Indianapolis, IN : Liberty Fund, 1997, 588 p. ISBN 0865971498 ISBN 0865971501 (pbk)
Daniel Bedinger Lucas. John Randolph of Roanoke: His Convictions, and Their Influence Upon His Public Career. An Address Delivered before the Literary Societies of Hampden-Sidney College, June 13, 1883, New York, Economical Print, 1884.
Lemuel Sawyer. A Biography of John Randolph, of Roanoke with a Selection from His Speeches, New York, W. Robinson, 1844
William E. Stokes Jr. and Francis L. Berkeley. The papers of Randolph of Roanoke; a preliminary checklist of his surviving texts in manuscript and in print, Charlottesville, VA, University of Virginia Library, 1950, 170p.