Edmund Pendleton (September 9 1721 – October 23 1803) was a Virginia planter politician lawyer and judge. He served in the Virginia legislature before and during the American Revolutionary War rising to the position of Speaker. Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress as one of Virginia’s delegates alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry and led the conventions both wherein Virginia declared independence (1776) and adopted the U.S. Constitution (1788).
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birth date
1721-09-09
birth place
Caroline County Virginia, Colony of Virginia, British America
death date
1803-10-23
death place
Virginia, Caroline County Virginia, United States, Edmundsbury_Caroline_County
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