Edward Bradford Pickett | |
State Senate: | Texas |
District: | 1st |
Term Start: | February 21, 1870 |
Term End: | January 13, 1874 |
Predecessor: | Frederick Forney Foscue |
Successor: | Edwin Hobby |
State House1: | Texas |
District1: | 1st |
Term Start1: | November 4, 1861 |
Term End1: | March 1, 1862 |
Predecessor1: | Solomon H. Pirkey |
Successor1: | Isaiah Junker |
Birth Date: | 23 December 1823[1] |
Birth Place: | Buckingham County, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Liberty, Texas, U.S. |
Spouse: | Virginia Orange Bell |
Children: | 5 |
Parents: | Hugh W. Pickett Louanna Looper |
Edward Bradford Pickett (1823–1882) was an attorney, a Confederate soldier, a Texas senator, and the president of Texas Constitutional Convention.
Pickett was born in 1823 in Buckingham County, Virginia. He served as a private in the U. S. Army in the War against Mexico, in 1845. "His service in the U.S. Army during the War against Mexico prompted his move to Texas. But before that, he married Virginia Orange Bell. During the 1850s, he served as a lawyer in several southeastern Texas counties. He had a brother named Howell L. Pickett.[2]
He was elected as a representative for the 1st district of the Texas House of Representatives from November 4, 1861, until March 1, 1862.[1] He returned to the state legislature in 1870, this time representing the 1st district in the Texas Senate. He served until January 13, 1874.[1]