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 | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Congressional Cemetery Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Alma mater | Transylvania College |
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1812-1819 |
| Unit | Eighth United States Infantry |
William Allen Trimble (April 4, 1786 – December 13, 1821) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.
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Biography
Trimble was born in Woodford, Kentucky, the son of James and Jane (Allen) Trimble. He graduated from Transylvania College and was admitted to the bar in 1811. He briefly practiced law in Highland County, Ohio from 1811-1812.[1]
In the subsequent years he served in a variety of capacities, mostly with the Ohio militia and the U.S. Army in campaigns against the Pottawatomie Indians. He was a major of the Ohio Volunteers in 1812 and major of the Twenty-sixth United States Infantry in 1813. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1814 and then to lieutenant colonel of the First United States Infantry in 1814.[2] He was transferred to the Eighth United States Infantry in 1815 and served there until his resignation in 1819, following his election to the U.S. Senate for the term beginning in 1819.
Trimble served in the Senate until his death two years later. He died in Washington, D.C. on December 13, 1821[3] and is interred in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[4]
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References
- Tuttle, Mary McArthur Thompson: "William Allen Trimble, United States Senator from Ohio." (July 1905). Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 14.
External links
- William A. Trimble at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-03-24
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| Preceded by | U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 1819–1821 Served alongside: Benjamin Ruggles |
Succeeded by Ethan Allen Brown |
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from Appleton's Cyclopedia
- 1786 births
- 1821 deaths
- United States Army officers
- United States Senators from Ohio
- Ohio lawyers
- Ohio Democratic-Republicans
- Democratic-Republican Party United States Senators
- American military personnel of the War of 1812
- People from Woodford County, Kentucky
- Transylvania University alumni
- Burials at the Congressional Cemetery
