Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Thomas Johnson Pickett akaberekwa musi waMarch 17, 1821, muLouisville, Kentucky. Muna 1830, mhuri yake yakatamira kuSt. Louis, Missouri, ndokuzotamirazve muna 1836 kuPeoria, Illinois. Pickett akadzidzira basa rokunyora magwaro, ndokuvamba Peoria News muna 1840. Nokukurumidza akatengesa pepa racho ndokuvamba "Peoria Transcript". Pashure pokutanga pepanhau rokutanga muPekin, Illinois, Pickett akatamira kuRock Island, Illinois, achitanga "Rock Island Register". Muna 1851, akasarudzwa kuva purezidhendi wokutanga weIllinois Editorial Association. Muchikamu ichi, akatarisira Editorial Convention iyo yakakurudzira Bloomington Convention, kuvambwa kweIllinois Republican Party. Pickett akashanda senhume yekokorodzano uye akashanda senhume kuRepublican National Convention
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