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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 Convention nominated Major General George B. McClellan from New Jersey for president, and Representative George H. Pendleton of Ohio for vice president. McClellan, age 37 at the time of the convention, and Pendleton, age 39, are the youngest major party presidential ticket ever nominated in the United States.
The George H. Pendleton House is a historic house in the Prospect Hill Historic District of Cincinnati, Ohio. It was built in 1870 in the French Second Empire style . [ 2 ] From 1879 until his death in 1889, this was the residence of Senator George Hunt Pendleton (1825–1889).
George C. Pendleton (1845–1913), U.S. Representative from Texas George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), U.S. Representative and Senator from Ohio Topics referred to by the same term
Pendleton was not only the sponsor, but also the one who explained and promoted the idea to the general public in the first place through a variety of speeches. While initially being opposed to the Legal Tender Act, he began to advocate for the Ohio idea instead amidst the discussion of solutions among other Democrats, and many of his speeches ...
In 1880, Democratic Senator George H. Pendleton of Ohio introduced legislation to require the selection of civil servants based on merit as determined by an examination, but the measure failed to pass. [16] Pendleton's bill was largely based on reforms proposed by the Jay Commission, which Hayes had assigned to investigate the Port of New York ...
Florence Pendleton (1926–2020), shadow U.S. Senator from the District of Columbia from 1991 to 2007 George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), U.S. Senator from Ohio from 1879 to 1885 United States state senate members
George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), American politician, senator from Ohio, eponym of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act; Henry Pendleton (c. 1521 – 1557), English churchman, theologian; Isaac Pendleton (1777–1804), US sailor, captain of the brig Union; Jack J. Pendleton (1918–1944), US Army soldier and WWII Medal of Honor recipient