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'''James Chamberlayne Pickett''' (February 6, 1793, [[Fauquier County, Virginia]] - July 10, 1872 [[Washington, DC]]) was [[List of people who have headed the United States Patent Office|superintendent of the American Patent Office]] beginning on February 1, 1835 (he resigned on April 30, 1835, to become the fourth auditor of the Treasury Department), [[Secretary of State of Kentucky]], lawyer, newspaper editor and diplomat.<ref name="USPTO">{{cite web |title=James C. Pickett |url=https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/james-c-pickett |website=United States Patent and Trademark Office |accessdate=3 September 2020}}</ref>
'''James Chamberlayne Pickett''' (February 6, 1793, [[Fauquier County, Virginia]] – July 10, 1872 [[Washington, DC]]) was [[List of people who have headed the United States Patent Office|superintendent of the American Patent Office]] beginning on February 1, 1835 (he resigned on April 30, 1835, to become the fourth auditor of the Treasury Department), [[Secretary of State of Kentucky]], lawyer, newspaper editor and diplomat.<ref name="USPTO">{{cite web |title=James C. Pickett |url=https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/james-c-pickett |website=United States Patent and Trademark Office |accessdate=3 September 2020}}</ref>


Pickett graduated from [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] and went on to serve in the army during the War of 1812. He returned to Kentucky and practiced law as well as editing a newspaper before being elected to the Kentucky legislature. He spent a total of eleven years as a diplomat in South America and was editor of the ''Congressional Globe''<ref name="USPTO" />
Pickett graduated from [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] and went on to serve in the [[United States Army]] during the [[War of 1812]]. He returned to Kentucky and practiced law as well as editing a newspaper before being elected to the Kentucky legislature. He spent a total of eleven years as a diplomat in South America and was editor of the ''Congressional Globe.''<ref name="USPTO" /> He was Chargé d'Affaires in Peru (Appointed: June 9, 1838; Presentation of Credentials: January 30, 1840; Termination of Mission: Superseded April 28, 1845).<ref name="OotH">{{cite web |title=James Chamberlayne Pickett (1793–1872) |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pickett-james-chamberlayne |website=Office of the Historian |accessdate=3 September 2020}}</ref>


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*[https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m16377x16389.htm Notes for James Chamberlayne Pickett and Ellen Desha]


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James Chamberlayne Pickett (February 6, 1793, Fauquier County, Virginia – July 10, 1872 Washington, DC) was superintendent of the American Patent Office beginning on February 1, 1835 (he resigned on April 30, 1835, to become the fourth auditor of the Treasury Department), Secretary of State of Kentucky, lawyer, newspaper editor and diplomat.[1]

Pickett graduated from West Point and went on to serve in the United States Army during the War of 1812. He returned to Kentucky and practiced law as well as editing a newspaper before being elected to the Kentucky legislature. He spent a total of eleven years as a diplomat in South America and was editor of the Congressional Globe.[1] He was Chargé d'Affaires in Peru (Appointed: June 9, 1838; Presentation of Credentials: January 30, 1840; Termination of Mission: Superseded April 28, 1845).[2]

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  1. ^ a b "James C. Pickett". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ^ "James Chamberlayne Pickett (1793–1872)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

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