David Trimble (politician, 1782)

David Trimble (June 1782 in Frederick County , Virginia , †  October 20, 1842 in Greenup County , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1827 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Trimble attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg until 1799 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in Mount Sterling . Trimble also participated in various functions in the British-American War of 1812 .

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Thomas Fletcher on March 4, 1817 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1827 . In the 1820s, Trimble joined the movement led by President John Quincy Adams . This stood in opposition to the movement around his successor Andrew Jackson , from which the Democratic Party later emerged. Trimble chaired the Treasury Department's Expenditures Committee between 1819 and 1821. He was also a member of the electoral committee at the same time.

In the elections of 1826, David Trimble lost to Henry Daniel . Then he withdrew from politics. He died on October 20, 1842 on his Trimble's Furnace estate.

Web links

• David Trimble in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)