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Edmund Henry Pendleton (1788 – February 25, 1862) was a
Edmund Henry Pendleton (1788 – February 25, 1862) was a U.S. Representative
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from New York
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Born in Savannah, Georgia
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, Pendleton received a liberal schooling as a youth. He graduated from Columbia College in 1805, studied law, was admitted to the bar
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in 1809, and practiced in Hyde Park, New York
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He was judge
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of Dutchess County, New York
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from 1830 to 1840. He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833).
He died in New York City
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on February 25, 1862, and was interred in St. James' Churchyard in Hyde Park.
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