Edmund Pendleton

Edmund Pendleton (September 9, 1721 – October 23, 1803) was a Virginia politician, lawyer and judge, active in the American Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Virginia legislature before and during the War. Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry as Virginia's delegates and he led the conventions wherein Virginia declared independence and adopted the U.S. Constitution. Unlike Henry, Pendleton was a moderate who initially hoped for reconciliation, rather than revolt. With Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe, he revised Virginia's law code after the break with Britain. He served as the first President of the Supreme Court of Virginia. On his death, Congress passed a memorial to "another star from the splendid constellation of virtue and talents which guided the people of the United States in their struggle for independence."