OVERVIEW:
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