The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . airman of the Virginia Committee of the State of Virginia was organized he be-came speaker of the house. He also presidedover the state convention which ratified the Fed-eral Constitution. From 1779 till his death, Pen-dleton was president of the Court of Appeals. In1789 he was named judge of the United StatesDistrict Court of Virginia, but declined. A countyin his state was named in his honor. He died inRichmond,Virginia, Oct. 23, 1803. PENDLETON, George Hunt, an Americanpublic man; born in Cin
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . airman of the Virginia Committee of the State of Virginia was organized he be-came speaker of the house. He also presidedover the state convention which ratified the Fed-eral Constitution. From 1779 till his death, Pen-dleton was president of the Court of Appeals. In1789 he was named judge of the United StatesDistrict Court of Virginia, but declined. A countyin his state was named in his honor. He died inRichmond,Virginia, Oct. 23, 1803. PENDLETON, George Hunt, an Americanpublic man; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 25,1825. He practiced lawin Cincinnati, served inthe state senate 1854-55,and from 1856 until 1865sat in Congress as a Dem-ocrat. In 1864 he wasnominated for Vice-Pres-ident of theUnited Stateson the Democratic ticketheaded by George From 1879;until March, 1885, hewas United States Sen-ator from Ohio, and inthe latter year was ap-pointed by President Cleveland minister to Ger-many. He died in Belgium, Nov. 24, 1889. PENDULUM. See Clocks, Vol. VI, GEORGE H. PENDLETON. PENELOPIN^. See 14-17. PENELOPID^ ORGUAN, Vol. XI, p. 232. PENINSULAR WAR. See Wellington,VoLXXIV, pp. 495, 496. PENN, John, a signer of the American Decla-ration of Independence; born in Caroline County,Virginia, May 17, 1741; was almost entirely self-educated; admitted to the bar in 1762; removedto Greenville County, North Carolina, in 1774;was a member of the Continental Congress, sup-plying a vacancy, in 1775; signed the Declarationof Independence in 1776; re-elected to the Con-tinental Congress until 1780; in the latter year,on the invasion of North Carolina by Cornwallis,was given unlimited powers, discharging his trustwith great credit; was for a short time in 1784re-ceiver of state taxes. He died, in retirement, Sep-tember, 1788. PENN, John, an American colonial governor,descendant of William Penn; born in London,July 14, 1729; completed his education in Geneva,Switzerl
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