John Strother Pendleton

Background

Pendleton, John Strother was born on March 1, 1802 in near Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. Son of William and Nancy (Strother) Pendleton.

Education

He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1824, commencing practice in Culpeper County, Virginia.

Career

Born near Culpeper, Virginia, Pendleton pursued preparatory studies as a child. During the 1820s, he resided at the Slaughter-Hill House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The two had no biological children, but adopted Lucy"s brother Philip"s son, George Morton Williams, when he was three years old.

He was appointed by President John Tyler Chargé d"Affaires to Chile in 1841, serving until 1844 when he was elected a Whig to the United States House of Representatives, serving there from 1845 to 1849.

In the House, he obtained the nickname "The Lone Star" due to the fact he was the only Whig from Virginia. Afterwards, Pendleton returned to being a statesman and was appointed by President Millard Fillmore Chargé d"Affaires to the Argentine Confederation in 1851, serving until 1854 and in 1852 was Minister to Brazil with Robert C. Schenck to negotiate a treaty of commerce with Paraguay and Uruguay.

He returned to the United States and engaged in farming before his death on November 19, 1868, near Culpeper, Virginia. He was interred in the family cemetery at "Redwood" in Cupeper.

Achievements

• John Strother Pendleton has been listed as a noteworthy congressman, diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Virginia House of Delegates, 1830-1833, 36-39. Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Virginia, 29th-30th congresses, 1845-1849.

Connections

Married Lucy Ann Williams, 1824.

Father:

William Pendleton

Mother:

Nancy (Strother) Pendleton

Spouse:

Lucy Ann Williams