occupation article_title birth_date death_date
lawyer and judge nathaniel pendleton
 october 27 , 1756 october 20 , 1821 -lrb- aged 64 -rrb-
nathaniel pendleton

nathaniel pendleton -lrb- october 27 , 1756 -- october 20 , 1821 -rrb- was a lawyer and judge in the united states at the time of the american revolutionary war and afterward .
born in new kent county , virginia , pendleton , whose uncle was edmund pendleton , read law to become a lawyer .
he was a soldier in the continental army during the american revolution , and later entered private practice in savannah , georgia until 1789 .
he was also the attorney general of georgia in 1785-1786 .
pendleton was elected to both the philadelphia convention of 1787 , and the confederation congress in 1789 , but attended neither .
he was nominated by president george washington on september 24 , 1789 , to a new seat created by 1 stat .
73 , as judge for the united states district court for the district of georgia .
pendleton was confirmed by the united states senate on september 26 , 1789 , and received his commission that day .
he resigned on september 1 , 1796 , and returned to private practice in dutchess county , new york .
at some point thereafter , he became a county judge for dutchess county , and held that position until his death in hyde park , new york .
in 1804 , he served as a `` second '' to alexander hamilton in hamilton 's duel with aaron burr .
congressman nathanael greene pendleton was pendleton 's son .
