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ROBERT TRIMBLE
was born in Augusta County, Virginia (now West Virginia),
on November 17, 1776, and grew up in Kentucky. Trimble
attended what is now Transylvania University and read
law under two attorneys. He was admitted to the bar in
1803 and established a law practice in Paris, Kentucky.
Trimble was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives
in 1802 and served one term. In 1807, he was appointed
to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. He resigned the following
year and returned to his law practice. Trimble served
as United States District Attorney from 1813 to 1817 but
declined several other public offices, including the Chief
Justiceship of Kentucky in 1810. President James Madison
appointed Trimble to the District Court of Kentucky in
1817, and he served eight years in that position. President
John Quincy Adams nominated Trimble to the Supreme Court
of the United States on April 11, 1826. The Senate confirmed
the appointment on May 9, 1826. Trimble served on the
Supreme Court for two years and died on August 25, 1828,
at the age of fifty-one. |
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