Philip Clayton Pendleton (November 24, 1779 – April 3, 1863) was a Virginia attorney, planter, politician and jurist. He briefly served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates and as a Virginia state judge.
Philip Clayton Pendleton
Virginia Western District Court
Born 1779 in Berkeley County, VA (now WV)
Died 1863 in Berkeley County, VA (now WV)
FJC ID: 1864
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice and farming1800–1863
Appointments
1825–1825 · Appointed by John Quincy Adams (Jeffersonian Republican)Term ended: Resignation
Education
- Dickinson College
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
- Read law1800