William A. Trimble

William Allen Trimble
United States Senator from Ohio
In office March 4, 1819 – December 13, 1821
Preceded by	Jeremiah Morrow
Succeeded by	Ethan A. Brown
Personal details
Born	April 4, 1786 Woodford County, Kentucky
Died	December 13, 1821 (aged 35) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Congressional Cemetery Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Alma mater	Transylvania College
Military service
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.

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]

Notes

1. Tucker, Spencer C. (2012). The Encyclopedia Of the War Of 1812: A Political, Social, and Military. ABC-CLIO. p. 717. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
2. Lanman, Charles (1876). Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: During Its First Century. From Original and Official Sources. J. Anglim. p. 431. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
3. Old Northwest" Genealogical Society (1909). The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly, Volume 12. Old Northwest" Genealogical Society. p. 16. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
4. "Hon. William A. Trimble". Historical Congressional Cemetery. Retrieved July 16, 2014.

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
• "William A. Trimble". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
•  "Trimble, William A.". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.