| Show DEATH OF GEO H PENDLETON THE death of hon george hunt pendleton removes from this stage of action the lut last of the prominent fir statesmen of the war period he was born near Cinc cincinnati lunati in the year 1825 and was there therefore foie only a little years of age his wife whom he married when he was 21 was a daughter of francis scott key author of the star spangled banner ante and roger B taney once chief justice of the united states was her uncle it will thus be seen that mr pendleton began his man hoods career well connected and as the sequel has shown happily so having an excellent education he turned his attention to the law and rose rapidly y in the profession in 1854 mr pendleton began his political career when he was elected to the ohio state senate he was bubb subsequently elected to the national i ouse of representatives in which he be served four terms the last one ending in 1865 he was nominated for vice alce president on the ticket with george B mcclellan in 1864 4 and was a member of the legislative convention conventi or of 1868 1866 he ran for governor of ohio in 1869 but was defeated was elected to the united states senate in 1878 and during this service was the author of the civil service bill which became a law after the expiration of his senatorial term in 1885 he was appointed by president cleveland minister to germany having but recently been relieved by william walter phelps his death occurred at berlin where he had bad served a full term as our representative mr pendleton was not in all respects a very brilliant man but his general ability and sterling qualities made him a conspicuous figure from the beginning of his political career when only forty two years old in the house of representatives he became the author afa of a scheme to pay the national debt in legal tenders instead of coin according to the bond this was denounced by extreme loyalists as repudiation but he thought otherwise that what was good enough for the soldiers who had saved the union ought to be good enough for those who bought the bonds this earned for him among his associates and it soon spread throughout the land the th soubriquet of young green backs 1 in person mr pendleton was tall and rather portly his full bearded face wore an expression of the utmost dignity and his deportment at all times fully corresponded he wets was instinctively as well as by training a statesman afe A v S |
