Timothy Pickering

1745-1829




Courtesy of the U.S. Army Center of Military History


This Unitarian George Washington appointed adjutant general, and then as quartermaster of the army. He was a representative in the Pennsylvania delegation that ratified the Constitution of the United States.

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Born: July 17, 1745
Died: January 29, 1829
Married: Rebecca White
Education: Harvard College
Occupation: Lawyer Government Positions: 

* Entered Revolutionary Army as colonel in 1775

* Elected to State Legislature in 1776

* Appointed Adjutant General 1777

* Elected member of the Board of War 1777

* Quartermaster General of the Army 1780-1785

* Organized Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and represented it in the convention of 1787 that ratified the Federal Constitution and in the State constitutional convention of 1789-1790

* Postmaster General 1791-1795

* Secretary of War in President Washington's Cabinet in 1795

* Secretary of State ad interim August 20-December 9, 1795

* Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas in 1802

* Senator for Massachusetts 1803-1800

* Member of State Executive Council 1812-1813

* Representative from Massachusetts 1813-1817

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