South Trimble

South Trimble
South Trimble
27th and 29th Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
	In office; April 4, 1911 – May 18, 1919; December 7, 1931 – November 23, 1946
Preceded by	Alexander McDowell; William Tyler Page
Succeeded by	William Tyler Page; Harry Newlin Megill
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Kentucky's 7th district
	In office; March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	June Ward Gayle
Succeeded by	William P. Kimball
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
	In office; 1898–1900
Personal details
Born	April 13, 1864; Wolfe County, Kentucky
Died	November 23, 1946 (aged 82); Washington, D. C.
Resting place	Frankfort Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Occupation	Farmer

South Trimble (April 13, 1864 – November 23, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He was a prominent member of the famed South–Cockrell–Hargis-Trimble family of Southern politicians.

Biography

Born near Hazel Green, Kentucky, to Asberry Trimble who was killed by his brother in law, Edward Hensley as he was putting his slaves to work at the Trimble Tannery during the American Civil War on October 15, 1864. Trimble's mother bought and moved to a Franklin County, Kentucky home where he attended the public schools of Frankfort and Excelsior Institute.

He engaged in agricultural pursuits near Frankfort, Kentucky.

He served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1898-1900, serving as Speaker in 1900.

Trimble was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907). He did not seek renomination in 1906, and was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. He was Clerk of the United States House of Representatives from April 4, 1911, to May 18, 1919.

He retired from public life and operated a plantation near Selma, Alabama.

He again served as Clerk of the House of Representatives from December 7, 1931, until his death in Washington, D.C., November 23, 1946.

He died on November 23, 1946 in Washington, D. C., and was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky.

References

United States Congress. "South Trimble (id: T000376)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by June W. Gayle	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 7th congressional district 1901–1907	Succeeded by William P. Kimball
Government offices
Preceded by Alexander McDowell	Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1911–1919	Succeeded by William Tyler Page
Preceded by William Tyler Page	Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1931–1946	Succeeded by Harry Newlin Megill

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