Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Thomas Johnson Pickett na March 17, 1821, na Louisville, Kentucky. N'afọ 1830, ezinụlọ ya kwagara St. Louis, Missouri, ma mesịa kwafee ọzọ na 1836 na Peoria, Illinois. Pickett mụtara ọrụ dị ka onye na-edozi ụdị, wee guzobe "Peoria News" na 1840. N'oge na-adịghị anya, o rere akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ ma hiwe "Peoria Transcript". Mgbe Pickett guzobere akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ na Pekin, Illinois, ọ kwagara Rock Island, Illinois, wee guzobe "Rock Island Register". N'afọ 1851, a họpụtara ya onye isi oche mbụ nke Illinois Editorial Association. N'ọnọdụ a, o lekọtara Mgbakọ Editorial nke kpaliri Mgbakọ Bloomington, ntọala nke Ndị Republican Party nke Illinois. Pickett jere ozi dị ka onye nnọchiteanya na mgbakọ ahụ ma jee ozi dị ka onye nnọchiteanya na
Nnọkọ Mgbakọ Mba nke Republican n'afọ ahụ.