Robert Trimble
Robert Trimble (born November 17, 1776 in Berkeley County , Virginia , † August 25, 1828 in Paris , Kentucky ) was an American lawyer and judge at the Supreme Court of the United States .
Trimble was born in what is now West Virginia to William Trimble and Mary McMillan. In his early childhood, his family moved to Kentucky, where they settled near the town of Boonesborough .
Trimble studied law at Transylvania University with George Nicholas and James Brown. He was admitted to the bar in 1803. That same year he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives. However, he gave up this mandate again in 1804 and resumed his practice as a lawyer, in which he was very successful. From 1807 to 1809 he served as a judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals . From 1813 to 1817 he was a federal attorney for Kentucky.
In 1817 he was appointed judge in the federal district court for Kentucky. There he remained as the successor to Harry Innes until May 9, 1826. On that day he succeeded Thomas Todd at the Supreme Court ; a month earlier he had been nominated for the post by President John Quincy Adams .
After his sudden death in 1828 he was buried in Paris, Kentucky; his successor at the Supreme Court was John McLean . The Trimble County is named after Robert Trimble. He was married to Nancy Timberlake and had six children.
Web links
- Robert Trimble in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Robert Trimble in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- Robert Trimble at The Political Graveyard
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| SURNAME | Trimble, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berkeley County , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1828 |
| Place of death | Paris , Kentucky |