What is Florence Pendleton?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Florence Pendleton |office = [[Shadow congressperson|United States Shadow Senator]]<br>from the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] |image = |term_start = January 3, 1991 |term_end = January 3, 2007 |predecessor = Seat established |successor = [[Michael Donald Brown|Michael Brown]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1926|1|28}} |birth_place = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|10|1926|1|28}} |death_place = [[Columbus, Georgia]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] |alma_mater = [[Howard University]]<br>[[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]] }} '''Florence H. Pendleton''' (January 28, 1926 &ndash; September 10, 2020)<ref>{{Cite news | title=D.C. Election News and Voters Guide: U.S. Senator Shadow Seat | work=The Washington Post | access-date=2008-07-18 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/dc/elections/senate/ | date=2000-11-11 | archive-date=2012-10-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024074833/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/dc/elections/senate/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> was an American politician and activist. She was the [[Shadow congressperson|shadow senator]] from the [[District of Columbia]]. As the first shadow senator of the District of Columbia, her main goal was to promote the efforts of the District to gain full voting rights, alongside her counterpart in Seat 2. She was inaugurated as the first ever shadow senator on January 3, 1991. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=569210|title=Our Campaigns - DC Shadow Senator - D Primary Race - Sep 11, 1990|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> She retired in 2007. Pendleton died on September 10, 2020 in [[Columbus, Georgia]] at the age of 94.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/2020/09/14/florence-pendleton-pioneering-dc-shadow-senator-and-statehood-champion-dies-at-94/ Florence Pendleton, pioneering DC shadow senator and statehood cham