Background
Evans, Peyton Randolph was born on October 18, 1892 in Amherst, Virginia, United States. Son of Otto Lewis and Mary (Randolph) Evans.
Evans, Peyton Randolph was born on October 18, 1892 in Amherst, Virginia, United States. Son of Otto Lewis and Mary (Randolph) Evans.
Studied engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1909-1913. University of Virginia Law School, 1913-1915.
Began as civil engineer, 1912, with Virginia State Highway Commission, 1912-1913. Admitted to Virginia bar, 1915, and practiced at Amherst. Football coach University of Virginia, 1916, Lynchburg College, 1920-1924.
Assistant counsel Federal Farm Loan Bureau, 1927-1929, counsel, 1929-1931, general counsel, 1931-1933.
Assistant Land Bank commissioner Farm Credit Administration, 1933, assistant general counsel, 1933-1934, general solicitor, 1934-1935, general counsel, 1935 to March 1, 1940. General counsel Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, 1935-1940.
Acting general counsel Federal Home Loan Bank Board, August-September, 1932. One of legal advisers to President Committee on Reorganization of Government.
General secretary, counsel Washington Publications Association, Washington, 1941-1947, now consultant.
Member Town Council, Amherst, 1915-1917, Virginia State House of Representatives, 1917-1919. Chairman Amherst County School Board, 1924-1925. Mayor of Amherst, 1919-1927.
Member Town Council, Amherst, 1915-1917, Virginia State House of Representatives, 1917-1919. Member endowment committee St. Petersburg, Virginia. Member American, Federal, and Virginia State bar associations, International Platform Association, Delta Tau Delta.
Mason.
Club: Chevy Chase.
Married Janetta Fitzhugh, October 6, 1917 children—Peyton Randolph, Thomas Fitzhugh.