 Complete the following phrase:  Pendleton was a delegate to every Democratic State convention from 1876 to 1910. Pendleton was selected as state representative of the Twenty-fourth District, which included Bell County, and retained office for the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth legislatures; he served as Speaker of the House in 18871889. Between 1883 and 1889, while a member of the state legislature, he held a number of positions within the states Democratic Party, including chairman pro tem of both the antiprohibition state convention of May 1887 and the state convention in 1888. The 1890 Democratic state convention, cognizant of Pendletons Granger past, nominated him as gubernatorial candidate James S. Hoggs running mate on a platform designed to appeal to the states agrarian voters during this period of farmer activism. Following Hoggs victory Pendleton served as Lieutet Governor of Texas from 1891 through 1893 under Governor James S. Hogg. In 1892 he successfully sought election to Congress from the states Seventh District, which included Bell, Falls, McLen, Freestone, Limestone, Milam, Brazos, and Robertson counties. He served two terms in Washington and was a delegate to the 