Pickering, Timothy
statesman, cabinet officer, was born July 17, 1745, in Salem, Mass. In 1776 he was appointed one of the judges of the court of common pleas for Essex, Mass., and sole judge of the maritime court for the middle district. In 1777 he became adjutant-general, and subsequently quartermaster-general.
In 1791 he was made postmaster-general; in 1794 secretary of war, and the following year was appointed secretary of state. In 1803 he was elected a United States senator to fill a vacancy; and two years later was elected for a term of six years.
He died Jan. 9, 1829, in Salem, Mass.