South Trimble
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South Trimble | |
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27th and 29th Clerk of the United States House of Representatives | |
In office April 4, 1911 – May 18, 1919 December 7, 1931 – November 23, 1946 | |
Preceded by | Alexander McDowell William Tyler Page |
Succeeded by | William Tyler Page Harry Newlin Megill |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 7th district | |
In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907 | |
Preceded by | June Ward Gayle |
Succeeded by | William P. Kimball |
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
In office 1898–1900 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Wolfe County, Kentucky | April 13, 1864
Died | November 23, 1946 Washington, D. C. | (aged 82)
Resting place | Frankfort Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Occupation | Farmer |
South Trimble (April 13, 1864 – November 23, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He was a prominent member of the famed of Southern politicians.
Biography[]
Born near Hazel Green, Kentucky, to Asberry Trimble who was killed by his brother in law, Edward Hensley as he was putting his slaves to work at the Trimble Tannery during the American Civil War on October 15, 1864. Trimble's mother bought and moved to a Franklin County, Kentucky home where he attended the public schools of Frankfort and Excelsior Institute.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits near Frankfort, Kentucky.
He served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1898-1900, serving as Speaker in 1900.
Trimble was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907). He did not seek renomination in 1906, and was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. He was Clerk of the United States House of Representatives from April 4, 1911, to May 18, 1919.
He retired from public life and operated a plantation near Selma, Alabama.
He again served as Clerk of the House of Representatives from December 7, 1931, until his death in Washington, D.C., November 23, 1946.
He died on November 23, 1946 in Washington, D. C., and was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky.
References[]
- United States Congress. "South Trimble (id: T000376)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1864 births
- 1946 deaths
- Burials at Frankfort Cemetery
- Speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
- Clerks of the United States House of Representatives
- Kentucky Democrats
- People from Wolfe County, Kentucky
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives