Ku dhameystir weedha soo socota: Thomas Johnson Pickett wuxuu ku dhashay Maarso 17, 1821, magaalada Louisville, Kentucky. Sanadkii 1830, qoyskiisa waxay u guureen St. Louis, Missouri, ka dibna mar kale waxay u guureen 1836 magaalada Peoria, Illinois. Pickett wuxuu bartay sida loo qoro, ka dibna wuxuu aasaasay "Peoria News" sanadkii 1840. Wuxuu dhawaan iibiyay wargeyska wuxuuna aasaasay "Peoria Transcript". Ka dib markii uu aasaasay wargeyskii ugu horreeyay ee Pekin, Illinois, Pickett wuxuu u guuray Rock Island, Illinois, isagoo aasaasay "Rock Island Register". Sanadkii 1851, waxaa loo doortay inuu noqdo madaxweynihii ugu horreeyay ee Ururka Tifaftiraha ee Illinois. In this awoodda, uu kormeero Shirka Editorial in keentay in Bloomington Convention, aasaaska Xisbiga Jamhuuriga ee Illinois. Pickett waxa uu ka mid ahaa ergooyinka shirweynaha waxa uuna ka mid ahaa ergooyinka
Shirweynaha Qaranka ee Jamhuuriga dabayaaqadii sanadkaas.