http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3491354&nav=0s3cbBpFJ.J. "Jake" Pickle, a retired longtime United States Representative from Austin, died Saturday morning. He was 91. Memorial services are scheduled for Wednesday at Weed-Corley Funeral Home in Austin.
Pickle was born in Big Spring, TX, on October 11, 1913, and was a graduate of the University of Texas.
He came to the Congress in a 1963 special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Representative Homer Thornberry, and Pickle represented the 10th District until his retirement in 1995.
Pickle didn't run for re-election in 1994, and his seat was won by Lloyd Doggett.
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