Abram Trigg

Abram Trigg (* 1750 near Bedford , Colony of Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1797 and 1809 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Abram Trigg was the younger brother of Congressman John Johns Trigg (1748-1804). He was born on his father's estate and received an academic education. After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law, he began to work in Montgomery County in this profession. He was living at his home in Buchanan's Bottom at the time . In his homeland he held various local offices; among other things, he also worked as a judge. Trigg took part in the final phase of the war of independence in 1782 as a lieutenant colonel in the militia . He later became a general in the Virginia Militia. In 1788 he was a delegate to the convention at which the state of Virginia ratified the United States Constitution. In the late 1790s he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson .

In the congressional elections of 1796 Trigg was elected in the third constituency of Virginia in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he succeeded Francis Preston on March 4, 1797 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1809 . Since 1803 he represented there as the successor of Matthew Clay the sixth district of his state. During his time as a congressman, he moved to the new federal capital Washington, DC in 1800 and President Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase in 1803 . In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, the trail of Abram Trigg is lost. Neither the date of his death nor his place of death have been recorded.

Web links

• Abram Trigg in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)