John John's Trigg

John Johns Trigg (* 1748 near Bedford , Colony of Virginia , †  May 17, 1804 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1797 and 1804 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Trigg was the older brother of Congressman Abram Trigg . He grew up during the British colonial era and received a good education. Then he worked in agriculture. He joined the American Revolution in the early 1770s. In 1775 he formed a company of militia in Bedford County , which he commanded during the Revolutionary War ; in the process he rose to major. Among other things, he was involved in the siege of the city of Yorktown . Even after the war, Trigg remained an officer in the state militia. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1788 he was a member of the congregation that ratified the United States Constitution for the state of Virginia . In Bedford County he served as justice of the peace; from 1784 to 1792 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . As an opponent of the federal government ( anti-administration faction ) under President George Washington , he joined the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson at the end of the 1790s .

In the congressional elections of 1796 Trigg was elected in the fifth constituency of Virginia in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he succeeded George Hancock on March 4, 1797 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death . Since March 4, 1803 he represented there as the successor of John Clopton the 13th district of his state. During his time as a congressman, he moved to the new federal capital Washington, DC, as well as the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson in 1803 . John Trigg died on May 17, 1804 on his estate near Bedford, where he was also buried.

Web links

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