LC control no. | nr 96017088 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Trumbull, Joseph, 1782-1861 |
Variant(s) | Trumbull, Mr. (Joseph), 1782-1861 |
Birth date | 17821207 |
Death date | 18610804 |
Place of birth | Lebanon (Conn.) |
Place of death | Hartford (Conn.) |
Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
Profession or occupation | Legislator Governor |
Found in | His 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.) |