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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 Bancroft, Envoy August 28, 1867 June 30, 1874 J. C. Bancroft Davis, Envoy August 28, 1874 September 26, 1877 Bayard Taylor, Envoy May 7, 1878 December 19, 1878 Andrew D. White, Envoy June 19, 1879 August 15, 1881 Aaron A. Sargent, Envoy May 18, 1882 June 6, 1884 John A. Kasson, Envoy September 10, 1884 June 21, 1885
The front-runner in the early balloting was George H. Pendleton (1864 Democratic vice presidential nominee), who led on the first 15 ballots, followed in varying order by President Johnson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Sanford Church, Asa Packer, Joel Parker, James E. English, James Rood Doolittle, and Thomas A. Hendricks. The unpopular Johnson ...
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).
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 front-runner in the early balloting was George H. Pendleton, who led on the first 15 ballots, followed in varying order by incumbent president Andrew Johnson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Sanford Church, Asa Packer, Joel Parker, James E. English, James Rood Doolittle, and Thomas A. Hendricks.
The National Union ticket of incumbent President Abraham Lincoln and Tennessee Governor Andrew Johnson defeated the Democratic ticket of former Commanding General of the United States Army George B. McClellan and U.S. Representative George H. Pendleton and carried Kansas's three electoral votes. Lincoln and Johnson carried the state by a ...