Joseph Trumbull (governor)
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Joseph Trumbull | |
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| 35th Governor of Connecticut | |
| In office May 2, 1849 – May 4, 1850 | |
| Lieutenant | Thomas Backus |
| Preceded by | Clark Bissell |
| Succeeded by | Thomas H. Seymour |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut | |
| In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | |
| Preceded by | Isaac Toucey |
| Succeeded by | Thomas H. Seymour |
| Constituency | 1st district |
| In office December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1835 | |
| Preceded by | William W. Ellsworth |
| Succeeded by | Elisha Haley |
| Constituency | At-large district |
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives | |
| In office 1832 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Trumbull December 7, 1782 |
| Died | August 4, 1861 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Old North Cemetery in Hartford |
| Party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Champion Eliza Storrs |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
Joseph Trumbull (December 7, 1782 – August 4, 1861) was a U.S. lawyer, banker, and politician from Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the U.S. Congress from 1834 to 1835, then again from 1839 to 1843. He later served as the 35th governor of Connecticut from 1849 to 1850.
Joseph Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, on December 7, 1782. He graduated from Yale University in 1801, and studied law with his cousin William Trumbull Williams.[1] In 1802 he moved to the Connecticut Western Reserve (now Trumbull County, Ohio) and was admitted to the bar. Shortly thereafter he moved back to Connecticut, establishing a law practice in Hartford.[2]
Career
In addition to a successful law practice, Trumbull was active in several businesses. From 1828 to 1839 he was president of the Hartford Bank, and he served as president of the Providence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad.
Originally a national Republican, and later a Whig, Trumbull began his political career with election to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1832.
He was sent to the U.S. Congress in December 1834 to complete the term of William W. Ellsworth who had resigned, and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843).[3]
Trumbull served as Governor of Connecticut in 1849 and 1850.
In 1849 he received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Yale. In 1851 he served again in the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Death and burial
He died Hartford on August 4, 1861, as the result of typhoid fever. He was buried at Old North Cemetery in Hartford.[4] Two days later, his second wife Eliza also died.
Within a year of his death ten of his close relatives died, including his sister Abigail, his wife Eliza, his brother-in-law William L. Storrs, Joseph and Eliza's daughter Eliza, their son-in-law Lucius Robinson and Lucius' father David Robinson.[5]
