George M. Bibb
| George Mortimer Bibb | |
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| 17th United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office July 4, 1844 – March 7, 1845 |
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| President |
John Tyler James K. Polk |
| Preceded by | John C. Spencer |
| Succeeded by | Robert J. Walker |
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United States Senator from Kentucky |
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In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835 |
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| Preceded by | Richard M. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | John J. Crittenden |
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United States Senator from Kentucky |
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In office March 4, 1811 – August 23, 1814 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Clay |
| Succeeded by | George Walker |
| Personal details | |
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October 30, 1776 Prince Edward County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 1859 (aged 82) Georgetown, Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Martha Tabb Scot |
| Alma mater |
Hampden–Sydney College College of William & Mary |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
George Mortimer Bibb (October 30, 1776 – April 14, 1859) was an American politician and a seventeenth United States Secretary of the Treasury
Bibb was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, graduated from Hampden–Sydney College in 1791, and later graduated from the College of William & Mary, then studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Virginia and Lexington, Kentucky. After making a permanent move to Kentucky he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1806, 1810 and again in 1817. He was appointed a judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1808 and then chief justice through 1810.
In 1811 he was elected to the United States Senate from Kentucky and served until 1814 when he again returned to Lexington to work as a lawyer. He moved to Frankfort, Kentucky in 1816 and sided with the New Court faction in the Old Court-New Court controversy in the 1820s. He was again named Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1827, serving for a year.
He was re-elected to the United States Senate in 1829 and served as a Jacksonian Democrat through 1835. During the 21st Congress he was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads.
He was chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court from 1835 through 1844 and in 1844 became President John Tyler's fourth United States Secretary of the Treasury serving through 1845.
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