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Trumbull, Joseph, 1782-1861

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Personal name headingTrumbull, Joseph, 1782-1861
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Variant(s)Trumbull, Mr. (Joseph), 1782-1861
Birth date17821207
Death date18610804
Place of birthLebanon (Conn.)
Place of deathHartford (Conn.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. House
Profession or occupationLegislator Governor
Found inHis Speech of the Hon. Mr. Trumbull, of Connecticut, on the treasury note bill, 1840.
NUC pre-1956 (Trumbull, Joseph, 1782-1861)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Trumbull, Joseph; lawyer; businessman; congressman; governor of Conn.; grad. Yale, 1801; b. 12/7/1782, Lebanon, Conn.; d. 8/4/1861, Hartford, Conn.)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online May 4, 2015 (TRUMBULL, Joseph, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., Dec. 7, 1782; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Yale College in 1801; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1803 at Windham, Conn., and commenced practice in Hartford, Conn.; in 1828 became president of the Hartford Bank and later of the Providence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad Co.; member of the State house of representatives in 1832; elected to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William W. Ellsworth and served from Dec. 1, 1834, to Mar. 3, 1835 [House of Representatives]; resigned the presidency of the bank in Nov. 1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (Mar. 4, 1839-Mar. 3, 1843); again a member of the State house of representatives in 1848; Governor of Connecticut in 1849 and 1850; again elected to the State house of representatives in 1851; died in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 4, 1861; interment in the East Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.)