James Chamberlayne Pickett

James Chamberlayne Pickett was an American civil servant who was superintendent of the American Patent Office beginning on February 1, 1835, Secretary of State of Kentucky, lawyer, newspaper editor and diplomat.
Pickett graduated from West Point and went on to serve in the United States Army during the War of 1812. He returned to Kentucky and practiced law as well as editing a newspaper before being elected to the Kentucky legislature. He spent a total of eleven years as a diplomat in South America and was editor of the Congressional Globe. He was Chargé d'Affaires in Peru.