Person:Robert Trimble (3)
Robert Trimble
b.1777 Berkley County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
d.25 Aug 1828 Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Elizabeth Trimble
  2. Robert Trimble1777 - 1828
  3. Margaret Trimble1779 -
  4. James TrimbleEst 1781 -
  5. John Trimble1783 - 1852
  6. Jane Trimble1785 - 1840
  7. Mary Trimble1790 - 1866
Spouse and Children
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  1. Caroline Trimble1804 - 1856
  2. Henry Trimble1805 - 1858
  3. Rebecca Trimble1809 - 1842
  4. Mary Jane Trimble1810 - 1880
  5. Juliet Trimble
  6. Robert Trimble1814 - 1831
  7. Nancy Walton Trimble1816 - 1884
  8. Elizabeth Duncan Trimble1818 - 1901
  9. William Henry Trimble1820 - 1839
  10. James Clark Trimble1826 - 1830
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Facts and Events
Name Robert Trimble
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1777 Berkley County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Marriage to Nancy P Timberlake
Education? Well Educated (largely Self-educated)
Occupation? Supreme Court Justice
Death[1] 25 Aug 1828 Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States
Reference Number? Q1714230?


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Robert Trimble (November 17, 1776 – August 25, 1828) was a lawyer and jurist who served as Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, as United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1826 to his death in 1828. During his brief Supreme Court tenure he authored several majority opinions, including the decision in Ogden v. Saunders, which was the only majority opinion that Chief Justice John Marshall ever dissented from during his 34 years on the Court.

  • 1826 Nominated & confirmed United States Supreme Court for two years by Pres. Adams
  • 1816 Was appointed district judge of Kentucky for 10 years by President Madison
  • Didn't hold political office but was active in politics
  • He had 10 children
  • 1803 Licensed to practice law
  • Grew up clearing ground, cultivating crops, hunting wild game & fighting indians
  • 1808 Appointed second judge of the court of appeals
  • 1810 Appointed chief justice of Kentucky
  • 1813 Became U.S. District Attorney
  • Was twice offered but declined a professorship of law at Transylvania University
  • Trimble County, Kentucky was named after him.
  • Settled in Paris, Kentucky.
  • May have died in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert Trimble, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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