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Pendleton served as President of the Virginia Committee Of Safety from 16 August 1775 to 5 July 1776 (effectively serving as governor of the colony) and as President of the Virginia Convention which authorized Virginia's signing of the Declaration Of Independence . After the Declaration, he became the first Speaker of the Virginia's new House Of Delegates although a fall from a horse caused him to miss the first session and crippled him so that he used crutches the rest of his life. He, along with Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe , revised Virginia's law code. He was appointed Judge of the High Court of Chancery in 1777 . When Virginia appointed a Supreme Court of Appeals in 1778 , Pendleton was appointed its first President where he served until his death. He served as President of the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1788 . Pendleton died October 23 , 1803 . Thomas Jefferson said of Pendleton: ''"Taken in all he was the ablest man in debate I ever met"''. FURTHER READING
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