James M. Pendleton

{{Short description|American politician}}  {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = James M. Pendleton | honorific_suffix = | image = JamesMPendleton.jpg | alt = | state = Rhode Island | district = 2nd | term_start = March 4, 1871 | term_end = March 3, 1875 | predecessor = Nathan F. Dixon II | successor = Latimer Whipple Ballou | office2 = Member of the Rhode Island Senate | term2 = 1862-1865 | office3 = Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives | term3 = 1879-1884 | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1822|01|10}} | birth_place = North Stonington, Connecticut | death_date = {{Death date and age|1889|02|16|1822|01|10}} | death_place = Westerly, Rhode Island | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Republican | other_party =  | height =  | spouse = | partner =  | relations = | children = | parents =  | mother =  | father =  | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth =  | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards =  | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | website =  | nickname = | allegiance = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | battles = | mawards =  | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 =  | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | footnotes = }}

'''James Monroe Pendleton''' (January 10, 1822 – February 16, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.

==Biography== Born in Pendleton Hill<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vN1m_ilxOr8C&dq=pendleton+hill+connecticut&pg=PA69 | title=The American Government ...: Biographies of members of the House of representatives of the Forty-third Congress | last1=Barnes | first1=William Horatio | date=1874 }}</ref> in North Stonington, Connecticut, Pendleton attended school in North Stonington and Suffield, Connecticut. He moved to Westerly, Rhode Island, 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 1868 Republican National Convention.

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

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