Career
He was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and later entered private practice in Savannah, Georgia until 1789. He was also the Attorney General of Georgia in 1785-1786. Pendleton was elected to both the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, and the Confederation Congress in 1789, but attended neither.
He was nominated by President George Washington on September 24, 1789, to a new seat created by 1 Statistics
73, as Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Georgia. Pendleton was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1789, and received his commission that day.
He resigned on September 1, 1796, and returned to private practice in Dutchess County, New New York At some point thereafter, he became a county judge for Dutchess County, and held that position until his death in Hyde Park, New New York
In 1804, he served as a "second" to Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton’s duel with Aaron Burr.
Congressman Nathanael Greene Pendleton was Pendleton"s son.