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George Hunt Pendleton (July 19, 1825November 24, 1889) was a Representative and a Senator from Ohio. Nicknamed "Gentleman George" for his demeanor, he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States during the Civil War in 1864, running as a peace Democrat with war Democrat George B. McClellan; they lost to Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He is best known as the principal author of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883. ==Early life and education== Pendleton was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the son of Nathanael Greene Pendleton and attended the local schools and Cincinnati College and the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Pendleton studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Cincinnati. He married Alice Key, the daughter of Francis Scott Key, in 1846, and had four children: * Sarah Pendleton (born in Ireland, about 1846) * Francis Key Pendleton (born in Cincinnati, December 3, 1850) * Mary Lloyd Pendleton (born in Cincinnati, March 26, 1852) * Jane Francis Pendleton (born in the District of Columbia, April 22, 1860) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George H. Pendleton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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