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 and his running mate Andrew Johnson. He is best known as the principal author of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883.