South Trimble

South Trimble
A balding man wearing a black jacket, vest, and tie, and white shirt, seated, leaning his left elbow on a table and his face against his extended left index finger
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
John Andrews
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
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 family of Southern politicians.

Biography

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 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 was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky.

References

United States 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
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Alexander McDowell
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
1911–1919
Succeeded by
William Tyler Page
Cultural offices
Preceded by
William Tyler Page
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
1931–1945
Succeeded by
Harry Newlin Megill

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