George Cassety Pendleton

Full Name: George Cassety Pendleton
Date of birth: April 23, 1845
Date of death: January 19, 1913

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	56	Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889	20th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Belton / Bell	Speaker	Bell
H	56	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Temple / Bell		Bell
H	56	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Howard / Bell		Bell

(1) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) Howard post office closed in 1884. Mail service transferred to nearby Pendleton. Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

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House District 56
Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889
Legislatures: 20th ⁽¹⁾
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Belton / Bell
Counties in district: Bell

House District 56
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 19th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Temple / Bell
Counties in district: Bell

House District 56
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Howard / Bell
Counties in district: Bell

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Resolutions and Journal entries

33rd Legislature, R.S., 1/20/1913, p. 121. Democrat. Death date 1/18/1913. Resolutions - Memorial.
33rd Legislature, R.S., 1/20/1913, p. 94. Death date 1/19/1913. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

PENDLETON, George Cassety (1845-1913). Representative, TX. Birth date 4/23/1845, death date 1/19/1913. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
PENDLETON, GEORGE CASSETY (1845-1913). Death date 1/19/1913. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, George C. Pendleton, Volume II, pp. 615-616. Birth date 4/23/1845. Relatives: Edmund Pendleton - father, George C. Pendleton - son. A History of Central and Western Texas, 1911.
Biographical sketch, George C. Pendleton, p. 577. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
Biographical sketch, George C. Pendleton, p. 45. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, George Casity Pendleton, Speaker of the House, pp. 97-98. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Biographical sketch, Lieutenant Governor, 22nd Legislature, George Cassity Pendleton, pp. 183-184. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Obituary, death notice, editorial, funeral, and memorial resolution of the Bell County Bar Association, George C. Pendleton. "Death Takes Beloved Man," The Temple Sunday Telegram, 1/19/1913, p. 1. "Sorrow at Death of Gov. Pendleton," "George C. Pendleton," "Funeral Was Yesterday . . . Resolutions by Bar," The Temple Daily Telegram, 1/21/1913, pp. 3, 4, 8. All crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 1/19/1913 1/21/1913, p. 3 1/21/1913, p. 4 1/21/1913, p. 8
17th Lieutenant Governor, 29th Speaker of the House of Representatives: George Cassety Pendleton. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, pp. 262-263. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private, Company C, 19th Texas Cavalry. George Cassety Pendleton. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch, pp. 160-161. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Death notice from the Irving Index, 6/25/1913. Pendleton message board. Ancestry.com.
Geo. C. Pendleton, birth date 7/23/1845 [sic] in Mississippi; death date 1/19/1913 in Temple, Bell County, Texas; lawyer, statesman. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
George C. Pendleton (1845-1913), portrait, burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Temple, Bell County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in GRANGE. Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in HOWARD, TEXAS (Bell County). Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in PENDLETON, TEXAS. Handbook of Texas Online.

Photographs

Photograph. Geo. C. Pendleton, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. G.C. Pendleton, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. George Cassety Pendleton, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
20th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Capitol Contract Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) Educational Finance Public Debt
18th R.S. - 1883 Commerce and Manufactures Educational Affairs Fence Cutting Insurance and Statistics (Chair) Judicial Districts

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