James Monroe Pendleton (January 10, 1822 – February 16, 1889) was a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but i ...

Biography

Born in

North Stonington, Connecticut North Stonington is a town in New London County, Connecticut which was split off from Stonington in 1724. The population was 5,149 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of whi ...

, Pendleton attended school in North Stonington and Suffield, Connecticut. He moved to

Westerly, Rhode Island Westerly is a town on the southwestern shoreline of Washington County, Rhode Island, first settled by English colonists in 1661 and incorporated as a municipality in 1669. It is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state with a popula ...

, and engaged in mercantile pursuits and later in the insurance business and banking. He served in the State senate 1862-1865. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868. Pendleton was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1879-1884. He served as chairman of the State board of charities and corrections 1884-1889. He died in

, February 16, 1889. He was interred in River Bend Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pendleton, James Monroe 1822 births 1889 deaths People from Westerly, Rhode Island People from North Stonington, Connecticut Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island Republican Party members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives 19th-century American legislators Republican Party Rhode Island state senators