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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.
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).
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]
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.
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
The Pendleton family was a prominent political family in the U.S. state of Virginia. Subcategories. ... George H. Pendleton; James Madison Pendleton; John Pendleton;
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