{{Short description|American judge (1756–1821)}} {{About|the lawyer and judge|the wrestler|Nat Pendleton|the congressman|Nathanael G. Pendleton}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Nathaniel Pendleton | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia | term_start = September 26, 1789 | term_end = September 1, 1796 | nominator = | appointer = George Washington | predecessor = ''Seat established by 1 Stat. 73'' | successor = Joseph Clay Jr. | office1 = Attorney General of Georgia | term_start1 = 1785 | term_end1 = 1786 | predecessor1 = Samuel Stirk | successor1 = Matthew McAllister | pronunciation = | birth_name = Nathaniel Pendleton | birth_date = {{Birth date|1756|10|27}} | birth_place = New Kent County,<br>Colony of Virginia,<br>British America | death_date = {{Death date and age|1821|10|20|1756|10|27}} | death_place = Hyde Park, New York | death_cause = | resting_place = St. James' Churchyard<br>Hyde Park, New York | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = Nathanael G. Pendleton | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = Edmund Pendleton<br>John Penn | education = read law | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }}

'''Nathaniel Pendleton''' (October 27, 1756 – October 20, 1821) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia.

==Education and career==

Born on October 27, 1756, in New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, British America,<ref name=FJC>{{FJC Bio|1863|nid=1386221|name=Nathaniel Pendleton<!--(1756–1821)-->}}</ref> Pendleton read law.<ref name=FJC/> He served in the Continental Army starting in 1775, during the American Revolutionary War,<ref name=FJC/> serving as an aide-de-camp to General Nathanael Greene in the campaigns in the southern states. He was in private practice in Savannah, Georgia until 1789.<ref name=FJC/> He was Attorney General of Georgia from 1785 to 1786.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://law.georgia.gov/about-us/history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715194328/https://law.georgia.gov/about-us/history|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2019|title=History|website=Office of Attorney General of Georgia Chris Carr}}</ref> He was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which drafted the United States Constitution, but did not attend.<ref name=Marcus>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PEjLba7EYAC&pg=PA720|title=The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: pt. 1. Appointments and proceedings|first=Maeva|last=Marcus|date=July 14, 1985|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231088688 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He was elected to the Congress of the Confederation (Continental Congress) in 1789, but did not attend.<ref name=Marcus/>

==Federal judicial service==

Pendleton was nominated by President George Washington on September 24, 1789, to the United States District Court for the District of Georgia, to a new seat authorized by {{USStat|1|73}}.<ref name=FJC/> He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1789, and received his commission the same day.<ref name=FJC/> His service terminated on September 1, 1796, due to his resignation.<ref name=FJC/>

==Later career==

Following his resignation from the federal bench, Pendleton resumed private practice in Dutchess County, New York starting in 1796.<ref name=FJC/> He was a Judge of the Dutchess County Court until 1821.<ref name=FJC/>

==Death==

Pendleton died on October 20, 1821, in Hyde Park, New York.<ref name=FJC/> He was interred in St. James' Churchyard in Hyde Park.

==Family==

Pendleton was a nephew of Edmund Pendleton, the 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and cousin of John Penn, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation from North Carolina. He was the father of Nathanael G. Pendleton, a United States representative from Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vi01144.document|title=A Guide to the Pendleton Family Papers, 1775–1881}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== {{CongBio|P000207}} * {{FJC Bio|1863|nid=1386221|name=Nathaniel Pendleton<!--(1756–1821)-->}} * [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/pendleton/ Guide to the Nathaniel Pendleton Papers, 1767-1867]

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