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George Hunt Pendleton (July 19, 1825 – November 24, 1889) [1] was an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. He represented Ohio in both houses of Congress and was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1864 .
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is a United States federal law passed by the 47th United States Congress and signed into law by President Chester A. Arthur on January 16, 1883. The act mandates that most positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political patronage.
George Cassety Pendleton (April 23, 1845 – January 19, 1913) ... His father was a member of the Texas House of Representatives during the Civil War. [5]
The 1864 Democratic National Convention was held at The Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. [1]The Convention nominated Major General George B. McClellan from New Jersey for president, and Representative George H. Pendleton of Ohio for vice president.
William Nelson Pendleton (December 26, 1809 – January 15, 1883) was an American teacher, Episcopal priest, and Confederate soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, noted for his position as Gen. Robert E. Lee's chief of artillery for most of the conflict.
The man who was recognized as Virginia's last surviving Confederate veteran, John B. Salling, claimed to work as a peter monkey and saltpeter miner after enlisting as a private in Company D, 25th Virginia Infantry, in Scott County, Virginia, during the Civil War.
"A gun and gunners that repulsed Pickett's Charge" (from The Photographic History of the Civil War). This was Andrew Cowan 's 1st New York Artillery Battery. The day was hot, 87 °F (31 °C) by one account, [ note 5 ] and humid, and the Confederates suffered under the hot sun and from the Union counter-battery fire as they awaited the order to ...
The 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly as part of the Army of Northern Virginia. The 31st Virginia was organized under William Lowther Jackson and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1861.