South Trimble

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

Born near Hazel Green, Kentucky, Trimble attended the public schools of Frankfort and Excelsior Institute. He engaged in agricultural pursuits near Frankfort, Kentucky. He served as member of the State 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, but was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. Clerk of the 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 was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky.

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