William A. Trimble
| William Allen Trimble | |
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| United States Senator from Ohio |
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| In office March 4, 1819 – December 13, 1821 |
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| Preceded by | Jeremiah Morrow |
| Succeeded by | Ethan A. Brown |
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| Born | April 4, 1786 Woodford County, Kentucky |
| Died | December 13, 1821 (aged 35) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
William Allen Trimble (April 4, 1786 – December 13, 1821) was a National Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.
Born in Woodford, Kentucky the son of James and Jane Allen Trimble, Trimble attended Transylvania College. He briefly practiced law in Highland County, Ohio in 1811-1812. In the subsequent years he served in a variety of capacities, mostly in Indian campaigns, with the Ohio militia and U.S. Army. He was a major of the Ohio Volunteers 1812; major of the Twenty-sixth United States Infantry 1813; raised to lieutenant colonel in 1814; lieutenant colonel of the First United States Infantry 1814; transferred to the Eighth United States Infantry 1815 and resigned in 1819, after being elected to the U.S. Senate for the term beginning in 1819. Trimble served in the Senate until his death two years later.
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References [edit]
- William A. Trimble at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-03-24
External links [edit]
- "William A. Trimble". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
"Trimble, William A.". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.
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| Preceded by Jeremiah Morrow |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 1819–1821 Served alongside: Benjamin Ruggles |
Succeeded by Ethan Allen Brown |
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