Edmund Pendleton

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Edmund Pendleton was an American lawyer, judge, and political leader from Virginia who played a key role in the early governance of the state during the Revolutionary era.

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Edmund Pendleton canonical 14
Edmund Henry Pendleton 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American lawyer ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
patriot in the American Revolution ⓘ
politician ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1721-09-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1803-10-23 ⓘ
educatedAt self-taught in law ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Pendleton ⓘ
givenName Edmund ⓘ
honoredIn Pendleton County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pendleton County, West Virginia ⓘ
knownFor judicial leadership in early Virginia state courts ⓘ
moderate leadership in Virginia during the American Revolution ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
memberOf Virginia Committee of Safety ⓘ
Virginia Convention ⓘ
Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ
linked to: House of Burgesses
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork leadership in drafting Virginia’s state government framework ⓘ
presiding over the Virginia Convention of 1776 ⓘ
service on the committee revising Virginia’s laws after independence ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War (political leadership) ⓘ
Virginia Convention of 1774 ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Convention

Virginia Convention of 1775 ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Convention

Virginia Convention of 1776 ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Convention
partOf Founding generation of the United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth Caroline County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfBurial Enfield, Caroline County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
politicalAlignment Patriot ⓘ
positionHeld President of the Virginia Convention ⓘ
President of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ⓘ
Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
justice of the peace ⓘ
member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Caroline County, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedIn Virginia ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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Fifth Virginia Convention → president → Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
subject linked to: Virginia Convention
Virginia Ratifying Convention → president → Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
Virginia Ratifying Convention → chairperson → Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
Edmund P. Gaines → namedAfter → Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
Pendleton District → namedAfter → Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
Nathaniel Pendleton → child → Edmund Henry Pendleton ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Pendleton
Pendleton County, Kentucky → namedAfter → Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
John Penn → educatedBy → Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
Virginia Committee of Safety → hasMember → Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
Virginia Committee of Safety → chairperson → Edmund Pendleton ⓘ