Friday, January 16, 2026

Question: George Pendleton married into the family of which poet who wrote a national anthem?

Answer: Francis Scott Key. In 1846, George Pendleton married Alice Key, the daughter of Francis Scott Key, who penned The Star-Spangled Banner during the War of 1812. Pendleton, a Cincinnati native, would go on to be the Democrats’ 1864 vice-presidential nominee alongside former Gen. George B. McClellan.