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 7

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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
House of Burgesses
surface form: Virginia 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 era
surface form: American Revolutionary War (political leadership)

Virginia Convention
surface form: Virginia Convention of 1774

Virginia Convention
surface form: Virginia Convention of 1775

Virginia Convention
surface form: Virginia Convention of 1776
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 House of Delegates
surface form: Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates

justice of the peace
member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
residence Caroline County, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
sexOrGender male
workedIn Virginia

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Virginia Convention president Edmund Pendleton
subject surface form: Fifth Virginia Convention
Virginia Ratifying Convention president Edmund Pendleton
Virginia Ratifying Convention chairperson Edmund Pendleton
Edmund P. Gaines namedAfter Edmund Pendleton