GEORGE M. BIBB

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FULL NAME:
George Mortimer Bibb

BORN:
October 30, 1776, 
Prince Edward County, Virginia

DIED:
April 14, 1859 (age 82)
Georgetown, Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Hampden-Sydney College
College of William and Mary (BA)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1798:
Moved to Lexington, Kentucky 
1806, 1810, 1817:
Elected to Kentucky House of Representatives
1808:
Appointed Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
1809-1810
Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
1811-1814:
U.S. Senator from Kentucky (Democratic-Republican)
1814:
Resumed Practicing Law in Lexington, Kentucky 
1816:
Moved to Frankfort, Kentucky 
1827-1828:
Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
1829-1835:
U.S. Senator from Kentucky  (Jacksonian)
1835-1844:
Chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court
1844-1845:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 
1845:
Resumed Practicing Law in Washington, DC

RESOURCES:
Department of the Treasury
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia

PORTRAIT:

Library of Congress