George Pendleton

George Hunt Pendleton (July 19, 1825 – November 24, 1889) was a US Representative and a Senator from Ohio. Nicknamed "Gentleman George" for his demeanor, he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States during the American Civil War in 1864, running as a peace Democrat with war Democrat George McClellan; they lost to Abraham Lincoln. He is best known as the principal author of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883.

George Pendleton in The Guns of the South
During the Second American Revolution, George Hunt Pendleton has called for a peaceful accomodation between the United States and Confederate States. After the war, he served as the first US Minister to the Confederate States.