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PENDLETON, John Strother

1802–1868

Office

Representative

State/Territory

Virginia

Party

Whig

Congress(es)

29th (1845–1847), 30th (1847–1849)

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Concise Biography

PENDLETON, John Strother, a Representative from Virginia; born near Culpeper, Culpeper County, Va., March 1, 1802; pursued preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1824 and practiced in Culpeper County; member of the State house of delegates 1830-1833 and 1836-1839; Chargé d'Affaires to Chile 1841-1844; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); Chargé d'Affaires to the Argentine Confederation 1851-1854; empowered jointly with Robert C. Schenck, American Minister to Brazil, April 27, 1852, to negotiate a treaty of commerce with Paraguay and Uruguay; engaged in farming; died near Culpeper, Va., November 19, 1868; interment in the family burying ground, "Redwood," Culpeper, Va.

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External Research Collections

Columbia University
Rare Book and Manuscript Library

New York, NY
Papers: November 10, 1841. 1 letter. Finding aid in repository.

New-York Historical Society

New York, NY
Papers: 1839, 1846, 1854. 4 letters. Finding aid in repository.

University of Virginia Library

Charlottesville, VA
Papers: 1837-1851. 12 items in Pendleton and other papers. Correspondence concerning an 1849 claim agreement against the Peruvian government, patronage, and other political matters. Finding aids to individual collections.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

Coxe, Richard Smith. Letter to Hon. John S. Pendleton, containing remarks upon so much of his speech delivered in the House of Representatives as concerns the claims of citizens of the United States upon Mexico. Washington: Printed by Davis & Drew, 1847.

Pendleton, John Strother. Speech of Mr. J.S. Pendleton, of Virginia, on the Oregon Question. Delivered in the House of Representatives, U.S., January 26, 1846. Washington: Printed by J. G.S. Gideon, 1846.

------. To the Whig Party of Virginia. [Washington: J. & G.S. Gideon, printers, 1848].

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