John Pendleton

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John Strother Pendleton (born March 1, 1802 in Culpeper , Virginia , †  November 19, 1868 ibid) was an American politician and diplomat . Between 1845 and 1849 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Pendleton had a good education. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1824, he began to work in this profession in Culpeper. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1830 and 1833 and again from 1836 to 1839 he sat in the Virginia House of Representatives . He became a member of the Whig Party . Between 1841 and 1845 he was the successor to Richard Pollard as the American envoy in Chile .

In the congressional elections of 1844 Pendleton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Samuel Chilton on March 4, 1845 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1849 . These were shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War .

From 1851 to 1854 Pendleton was envoy to Argentina , where he succeeded William A. Harris . In this capacity he brokered a trade agreement with the states of Paraguay and Uruguay together with the US representative in Brazil , Robert Cumming Schenck . After his return he worked in agriculture. John Pendleton died on November 19, 1868 near Culpeper.

Web links

  • John Pendleton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)