Lawrence S. Trimble

Lawrence S. Trimble

Lawrence Strother Trimble (born August 26, 1825 in Flemingsburg , Fleming County , Kentucky , †  August 9, 1904 in Albuquerque , New Mexico ) was an American politician . Between 1865 and 1871 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lawrence Trimble attended public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1847, he began to practice this profession in Paducah . Between 1856 and 1860 he was a judge in the Kentucky First Judicial District. From 1860 to 1865 he served as president of the New Orleans & Ohio Railroad .

Politically, Trimble was a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1851 and 1852 . In the congressional election of 1864 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Lucien Anderson on March 4, 1865 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1871 . During this time the civil war ended . Since 1865, the work of Congress has been marked by tension between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson , culminating in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial.

In 1870 Trimble was no longer nominated by his party. After that he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1879 he moved to Albuquerque in what was then New Mexico . There he worked again as a lawyer until 1889; then he retired. Lawrence Trimble died in Albuquerque on August 9, 1904.

Web links

• Lawrence S. Trimble in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lawrence S. Trimble in the database of Find a Grave (English)