US Con Pendleton, George Hunt - U.S. Congressman, OH

George Hunt Pendleton​

Born: July 19, 1825

Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio

Father: Nathaniel Greene Pendleton 1793 – 1861

(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)​

Mother: Jane Frances Hunt 1802 – 1839

(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)​

Wife: Mary Alicia "Alice" Key 1824 – 1886

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)​

Children:

Francis Key "Frank" Pendleton 1850 – 1930​

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)​

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Mary Lloyd Pendleton Abney 1852 – 1929​

(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)​

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Jane Frances Pendleton Brice 1860 – 1950​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

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George Hunt Pendleton Jr. 1863 – 1868​

(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)​

Education:

Attended Cincinnati College​

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Attended Heidelberg University in Germany​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio​

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1854 – 1856: Ohio State Senator​

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1854: Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. Congress​

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1857 – 1865: U.S. Congressman from Ohio​

Civil War Career:

1857 – 1865: U.S. Congressman from Ohio​

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1862: House Manager to conduct impeachment of West Humphreys​

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1864: Unsuccessful Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate​

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1861 – 1865: Leader of Peace Party Democratic Party​

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1865: Voted against the House vote for Thirteenth Amendment​

Occupation after War:

1866: Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. Congress​

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1868: Unsuccessful Candidate for Democratic Nomination​

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Unsuccessful Democratic Candidate for Governor of Ohio​

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1869 – 1879: President of Kentucky Central Railroad​

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1879 – 1885: United States Senator from Ohio​

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1885 – 1889: United States Minister to Germany​

Died: November 24, 1889

Place of Death: Brussels, Belgium

Age at time of Death: 64 years old

Burial Place: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

[Pollaco]

So He's the one who ran with McClellan. I often wondered what he looked like.

 

[Pollaco]

There must have been a German connection somewhere. His Heidelberg education and being minister to Germany.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Congressman Pendleton!

 

[Pollaco]

You may notice his wife, Alice, was a Key, she was the daughter of Francis Scott Key. So that would mean it was Pendleton's brother-in- law, Phillip, that was killed by Dan Sickles.

 

[LetUsHavePeace]

This is a link to a very good history of the Kentucky Central Railroad - the successor entity to the Covington & Lexington; as gentlemanrob notes, Pendleton was the line's President after the war.

http://lexhistory.org/wikilex/covington-lexington-railroad

 

[Pollaco]

His most notable piece of legislation was the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 which mandated that most positions should be awarded on merit instead of political patronage. This cost him the reelection as many from Ohio still preferred the patronage system.