William A. Trimble

William Allen Trimble (April 4, 1786 – December 13, 1821) was a National Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.

Born in Woodford, Kentucky the son of James and Jane Allen Trimble, Trimble attended Transylvania College. He briefly practiced law in Highland County, Ohio in 1811-1812. In the subsequent years he served in a variety of capacities, mostly in Indian campaigns, with the Ohio militia and U.S. Army. He was a major of the Ohio Volunteers 1812; major of the Twenty-sixth United States Infantry 1813; raised to lieutenant colonel in 1814; lieutenant colonel of the First United States Infantry 1814; transferred to the Eighth United States Infantry 1815 and resigned in 1819, after being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1818. Trimble served in the Senate until his death three years later.

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*CongBio|T000377 Retrieved on 2008-03-24

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*findagrave|6869543 Retrieved on 2008-03-24

U.S. Senator box
state=Ohio
class=3
before=Jeremiah Morrow
after=Ethan Allen Brown
alongside=Benjamin Ruggles
years=1819–1821