George Mortimer Bibb (30 October 1776 – 14 April 1859) was a US Senator from Kentucky from 4 March 1811 to 23 August 1824 (succeeding Henry Clay and preceding George Walker) and from 4 March 1829 to 3 March 1835 (succeeding Richard Mentor Johnson and preceding John J. Crittenden). He also served as Secretary of the Treasury from 4 July 1844 to 7 March 1845, succeeding John C. Spencer and preceding Robert J. Walker.
Biography[]
George Mortimer Bibb was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1776, and he became a lawyer in Lexington, Kentucky. He served in the State House of Representatives in 1806, 1810, and 1817, and he also served on the Court of Appeals. From 1811 to 1824 and from 1829 to 1835, he served in the US Senate as a Democratic-Republican and a Democrat, and, from 1835 to 1844, he served as chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court. From 1844 to 1845, he served as Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents John Taylor and James K. Polk. After leaving office, he became a lawyer in Washington DC, and he died in 1859.