Benjamin F. Randolph

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Oklahoma
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Benjamin F. Randolph was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Camp Travis; imprisoned in Ft. Leavenworth; part of Group 2 of C.O.s released in Jan. 1919 (those whom "the Board of Inquiry now find sincere and who in their judgment would have been recommended for furloughs if they had had the opportunity of being examined by the …

Custody record

The cited World War I archival record does not establish a one-day imprisonment. The imposed sentence and the period actually spent in custody are different; no exact duration is recorded here unless supported by custody records.

Sources: Source 1; Source 2.

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Released: Jan 27, 1919
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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