George Bibb Pickett

Full Name: George Bibb "Bible" Pickett
Date of birth: July 9, 1832
Date of death: July 2, 1914

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	13	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	Decatur / Wise	Cooke, Denton, Wise
H	45	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Decatur / Wise	Wise
H	52	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Decatur / Wise	Clay, Montague, Wise
H	52	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th	Democrat	Decatur / Wise	Clay, Montague, Wise
H	21	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th	Democrat	Decatur / Wise	Collin, Denton, Wise

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
(3) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 13
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Decatur / Wise
Counties in district: Cooke, Denton, Wise

House District 45
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Decatur / Wise
Counties in district: Wise

House District 52
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Decatur / Wise
Counties in district: Clay, Montague, Wise

House District 52
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
Legislatures: 15th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Decatur / Wise
Counties in district: Clay, Montague, Wise

House District 21
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
Legislatures: 14th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Decatur / Wise
Counties in district: Collin, Denton, Wise

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

PICKETT, GEORGE BIBB (1832-1914). Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, George B. Pickett. Birth date 7/9/1833. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch and photos, Col. George Bible Pickett, pp. 242-243. Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads - Twenty Years of Intrepid History, 1907.
Biographical sketch, pp. 121-122. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 266. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, Colonel George Bibb Pickett, Volume I, pp. 102-104. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, Company B and transfer to Company S, 15th Texas Cavalry, enlistment date 5/1/1862 in Daviess County, Kentucky, as Captain, rank change to Major and Lieutenant Colonel. George Bibb Pickett, birth date 7/9/1832, death date 7/10/1914, residence in Wise County, burial in Oakland Cemetery, Wise County, wife Cordelia. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. George B. Pickett, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900; U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (Indian Wars, Captain, 1866-1874, Texas Volunteers, died August 1914 in Wise County, Texas, widow Cordelia Pickett). Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, 15th Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, George B. Pickett, birth date 7/9/1832, death date 7/10/1914. Grave marker, Col. George B. Pickett, birth date 7/9/1832, death date 7/2/1914, biographical sketch, burial in Oaklawn Cemetery, Decatur, Wise County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. G.B. Pickett, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. G.B. Pickett, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. G.B. Pickett, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. G.B. Pickett, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. G.B. Pickett, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893 Agricultural Affairs (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Military Affairs Penitentiaries
21st R.S. - 1889 Absence of Member, Officers and Employees of the House, Investigate Alamo Monument Constitutional Amendments Judicial Districts (Chair) Mining and Minerals Reports of the Supreme and Appellate Courts, Investigate State Affairs
16th R.S. - 1879 Engrossed Bills Indian Affairs Insurance and Statistics Internal Improvements Judicial Districts, Select (Chair) Land Forgeries Land Frauds Military Affairs Printing Towns and City Corporations (Chair)
15th R.S. - 1876 Constitutional Amendments County Surveyors, Election and Compensation of Education Indian Affairs (Chair) Military Affairs State Asylums
14th R.S. - 1874 Education Enrolled Bills Indian Affairs (Chair) Military Affairs

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