Edmund Pendleton (September 9, 1721 – October 23, 1803) is a Virginia politician, lawyer and judge, active in the American Revolutionary War.

He is a member of the Virginia legislature before and during the War.

Pendleton attends the First Continental Congress alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry as Virginia's delegates and he leads the conventions wherein Virginia declares independence and adopts the U.S. Constitution.

Unlike Henry, Pendleton is a moderate who initially hopes for reconciliation, rather than revolt.

With Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe, he revises Virginia's law code after the break with Britain.

He serves as the first President of the Supreme Court of Virginia.

On his death, Congress passes a memorial to "another star from the splendid constellation of virtue and talents which guided the people of the United States in their struggle for independence."