| Birth: | Oct. 11, 1913 | | Death: | Jun. 18, 2005 | 
U.S. Congressman from Texas. As a Democrat he was elected in 1963, to the House seat once held by Lyndon B. Johnson and represented Texas in Congress for more than 30 years. He rose through the ranks to become a senior Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. As chairman of the Social Security subcommittee, he passed the major Social Security reform legislation in 1983, raising the age for full benefits from 65 to 67. In 1994, he retired from office after choosing not to seek reelection. He was a Naval officer during WW II, serving in the Pacific and after the war with other veterans, started a radio station, still known as KVET in Austin, Texas. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Search Amazon for J.J. Pickle | | | Burial:
Texas State Cemetery
Austin
Travis County
Texas, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jun 20, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11205905 |
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Mellissa Lake Co. Illinois
Added: Oct. 31, 2009 |
God bless you sir, remembering you and all your fine works..and how you helped us get a telephone when we lived way out in the country where phone lines had not been run yet. I was expecting a baby and was out there all alone during the day. I wrote to yo...(Read more)
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Karen Ayers Weir
Added: Jun. 26, 2009 |
On your 95th birthday J.J. "Jake" Pickle
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Nancy
Added: Oct. 11, 2008 |
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