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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 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).
Peter McRobbie as Democratic Congressman George H. Pendleton of Ohio, leader of the Democratic opposition; Bill Raymond as Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax of Indiana, a Republican; David Costabile as Republican Congressman James Ashley of Ohio [20] Stephen Spinella as Radical Republican Congressman Asa Vintner Litton [22]
The Pendleton family was a prominent political family in the U.S. state of Virginia. Subcategories. ... George H. Pendleton; James Madison Pendleton; John Pendleton;
In 1895, it was sold to Josephine D. Taylor of New York as a summer home. Its title went to Lewis H. Blakeman of New York in 1900, then to New York writer Edmund H. Pendleton who lived there from 1905 until his death in 1910, [9] having made it his winter home. [13] Pendleton's estate sold the mansion to Otto V. von Schrader in 1911. [9]
George Pendleton may refer to: George C. Pendleton (1845–1913), U.S. Representative from Texas; George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), U.S. Representative and Senator ...
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 ...
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.