Notes for George Hunt Pendleton

Notes for George Hunt Pendleton

!US Census 1850 (11 August) Ohio, Hamilton Co., Cincinnati Ward 1, Roll M432_687, Page 41, House No. 506, Lines 5-9: George Pendleton (b. 1825 - 25 - in OH - Occ: Lawyer) married to Alice (b. 1829 - 21 - in VA). Child listed is: Francis (son b. Jan 1850 - 7/12 - in OH). ALSO LISTED are: Sarah Pendleton (b. 1842 - 8 - in Ireland); and Mary Carrigeux (b. 1826 - 24 - in France)

!US Census 1860 (6 July) Ohio, Hamilton Co., Cincinnati Ward 9, Cincinnati PO, Roll M653_973, Sheet 226, Page 477, House No. 679, Lines 23-31: Geo. H. Pendleton (b. 1836 - 34 - in OH - Occ: Atty. at Law - Property Value $75,000 + $3,000) married to Alice (b. 1826 - 34 - in DC). Children listed are: Frank R. (son b. 1850 - 10 - in OH); Mary L. (dau b. 1852 - 8 - in OH); Jane F. (dau b. Nov 1859 - 8/12 - in DC); Jas. S. (son b. 1853 - 7 - in DC); and Alice (dau b. 1855 - 5 - in DC). ALSO LISTED are: Emiline Eagle (b. 1820 - 40 - in NJ - Occ: Domestic); and Mary McGuire (b. 1835 - 25 - in Ireland).

!American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Mach, Thomas S. “George Hunt Pendleton, The Ohio Idea and Political Continuity in Reconstruction America.” Ohio History 108 (Summer-Autumn 1999): 125-144; Mach, Thomas S. “Family Ties, Party Realities, and Political Ideology: George Hunt Pendleton and Partisanship in Antebellum Cincinnati.” Ohio Valley History 3:2 (2003): 17-30: PENDLETON, George Hunt, (son of Nathanael Greene Pendleton), a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 19, 1825; attended the local schools and Cincinnati College; attended Heidelberg University, Germany; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Cincinnati; member, State senate 1854-1856; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1862 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Judge West H. Humphreys; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for vice president in 1864; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio in 1869; president of the Kentucky Central Railroad 1869-1879; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1885; unsuccessful candidate for renomination; Democratic conference Chairman 1881-1885; appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany in 1885, and served until his death in Brussels, Belgium, November 24, 1889; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.