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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).
(Birth–death) Party Office at time of election [a] Home state [b] EV% [c] 1792 [d] George Clinton* (1739–1812) [7] Democratic-Republican Governor: NY: 37% None [d] 1796 [e] Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828) [9] Federalist Fmr. Ambassador: SC: 43.7% John Adams: Aaron Burr* (1756–1836) [10] Democratic-Republican Senator: NY: 22.2% Thomas ...
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.
There were no major party candidates for president in the presidential election of 1789 and the presidential election of 1792, [c] both of which were won by George Washington. [4] In the 1812 presidential election , DeWitt Clinton served as the de facto Federalist nominee even though he was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party; Clinton ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pendleton was born in Cincinnati on January 1, 1850, and was known as Frank. He was the son of George Hunt Pendleton and Mary Alicia (née Key) Pendleton. [2] Among his siblings were Sarah Pendleton, who was born in Ireland, Mary Lloyd Pendleton, Jane Francis Pendleton, [3] and George Hunt Pendleton Jr., who died young. [4]