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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.
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 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 Pendleton family was a prominent political family in the U.S. state of Virginia. Subcategories. ... George H. Pendleton; James Madison Pendleton; John Pendleton;
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
The House appointed Thaddeus Stevens, John Bingham, and George H. Pendleton to the conference committee. [29] The Senate agreed to a conference the following day and appointed Lyman Trumbull, Jacob Collamer, and Waitman T. Willey. [30] Stevens, Bingham, Trumbull, and Collamer were all Republicans; Willey was a Unionist; Pendleton was the only ...
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 ...