Edmund Pendleton

American politician (1721-1803) · United States · On the map · Lawyers · Died at 82

Edmund Pendleton was an American planter, politician, lawyer, and judge. He served in the Virginia legislature before and during the American Revolutionary War, becoming the first speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.

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Patrick Henry Succeeded Edmund as Governor of Virginia

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Washington, Henry & Pendleton going to the First Congress, lithograph, Henry Bryan Hall

Sent to Virginia Delegation to the Continental Congress and Richard Henry Lee to move for Independence Lee Resolution June 7, 1776.

Pendleton marker off Richmond Highway

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Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress as one of Virginia's delegates alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry, signed the Continental Association, and led the conventions both wherein Virginia declared independence (1776) and adopted the United States Constitution (1788).

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