Trescot, William Henry – Trotter, James Fisher
Trescot, William Henry
lawyer, author, was born Nov. 10, 1822, in Charleston, S. C. He is a lawyer and diplomatist of Washington; and the author of Diplomacy of the Revolution; and Diplomatic History of the Administrations of Washington and Adams. In
Tressler, David Loy
soldier, lawyer, college president, clergyman, was born Feb. 5, 1839, in Loysville, Pa. 1872 he became professor of ancient languages in Carthage college, Ill., and its treasurer. In the following year he was elected president of the college, which post he occupied until his death. He died Feb. 20, 1880, in Carthage, Ill.
Tretbar, Helen D
musician, composer, was born in Buffalo, N. Y. She is a well known contributor to leading musical journals; and a translator of songs from German, French and Italian.
Treutlen, John Adam
governor.
In 1777 he was elected governor of Georgia. He died in Orangeburg, S. C.
Trevett, Russell
clergyman, educator, was born Dec. 30, 1817, in Marblehead, Mass. He was professor of classics and history at St. James's college, Md., in 1844-55, and of ancient languages at St. John's college, Annapolis, Md., in 1855-61, and was rector of St. James's -church, North Salem, N. Y., from 1861 till his death. He died March 8, 1865, in North Salem, N. Y.
Trevett, Samuel Russell
surgeon, was born Aug. 20, 1783, in Marblehead, Mass. After the war he was appointed surgeon of the navy yard at Charleston, and in 1822 he was detailed as surgeon on board the sloop-of-war Peacock. For some time previous to his death he had been engaged in collecting materials for a biography of American physicians.
He died Nov. 4, 1822, in Norfolk, Va.
Trezvant, James
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Sussex county, Va. He was attorney for the state of Virginia; and was a member of the state legislature and of the constitutional convention of 1830. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1825 to 1831. He died in 1838.
Trigg, Abram
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia in 1797 to 1809.
Trigg, Connally F
lawyer, jurist, was born in Virginia. In 1862 he was appointed United States judge for the eastern district of Tennessee.
Trigg, Connally F
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 18, 1847, in Abingdon, Va. In 1872 he was elected commonwealth attorney for Washington county; and held the position by successive re-elections until 1884, when he resigned, having been elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat,
Trigg, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1797 to 1804.
Trimble, Allen
state senator, governor, was born Nov. 24, 1783, in Augusta county, Va. In 1816 he was a state representative from Virginia; and from 1817 to 1826 state senator, and speaker from 1819 to 1826. He was acting governor in 1821 and 1822; and was governor from 1826 to 1830. He was president of the first state board of agriculture from 1846 to 1848. He died Feb. 2, 1870, in Hillsboro.
Trimble, Cary A
agriculturist, educator, congressman, was born Sept. 13, 1813, in Hillsborough, Ohio. In 1837 he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in his Alma Mater, which position he held until 1841, when he settled in Chillicothe.
He was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-sixth congress; and re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress.
Trimble, David
agriculturist, manufacturer, congressman, was born in 1782 in Frederick county, Va. He was engaged in the war of 1812, serving two campaigns under Gen. Harrison. In 1817 he was chosen a member of congress from Kentucky, and served without interruption until 1827. He died Oct. 26, 1842, in Trimble's Furnace, Ky.
Trimble, John
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 7, 1812, in Roane county, Tenn. From 1836 to 1841 he was attorney general of the state for the Nashville district. He was a member of the state assembly from 1843 to 1845; of the state senate from 1845 to 1847, and again from 1859 to 1861. In 1862 he was appointed district attorney of the United States for middle Tennessee, which office he resigned in 1864. He was again in the state senate from 1865 to 1867, when he resigned. He was elected a representative from Tennessee to the fortieth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-first congress as a democrat.
Trimble, Lawrence S
lawyer, jurist, railroad president, congressman, was born Aug. 26, 1825, in Fleming, Ky. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature in 1851 and 1852; and was judge of the equity and criminal court of the first judicial district of the state from 1856 to 1860. From 1860 to 1865 he was president of the New Orleans and Ohio Railroad company. He was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-ninth congress; and re-elected to the fortieth and forty-first congresses.
Trimble, Robert
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born in 1777 in Berkeley county, Va. He was elected to the Kentucky state legislature; and in 1808 was chosen judge of the court of appeals, but soon resigned the position. In 1810 he was made chief justice of the state; in 1813 became district attorney for the state; and in 1816 was appointed federal judge of Kentucky. In 1826 he was appointed justice of the supreme court of the United States. He died Aug. 25, 1828.
Trimble, William
lawyer, jurist, was born in Kentucky. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Arkansas, where he was appointed United States judge for that territory, remaining in office until 1832.
Trimble, William A
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born April 4, 1786, in Woodford, Ky. He was lieutenant-colonel of the Ohio first infantry from 1814 to 1819. He was United States senator from Ohio from 1819 to 1821; and was commissioner with Gen. Cass to treat with the northwestern Indians at Green Bay. He died Dec. 13, 1821, in Washington, D. C.
Triplett, Philip
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1839 to 1843.
Tripp, Bartlett
lawyer, jurist, public official, was born July 15, 1839, in Harmony, Maine. In 1869 he moved to Yankton, S. D.; and in 1883 was a delegate to the first constitutional convention of the territory, and was elected president of that body. In 1883 he was elected president of the Bar association of the second judicial district; and in 1885 was elected first president of the Senatorial Bar association. In 1885 he was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of Dakota territory. au-
Tripp, Howard C
journalist, thor, poet, was born April 4, 1861, in Plano, Ill. He has filled the editorial chair on several prominent publications, and is now the editor and owner of The Times of Kingsley, Iowa. He is the author of Legends of Lemars; Ballad Blossoms; Around the Fireside and Other Poems; and other works.
Tripp, Robert P
congressman, was born in Georgia. He was elected a representative in congress from Georgia to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses.
Trist, Nicholas Philip
lawyer, educator, was born June 2, 1800, in Charlottesville, Va. He was first clerk in the United States treasury department in 1828, private secretary to President Jackson in 1829, and United States consul at Havana in 1834-36. He became assistant secretary of state in 1845, and in 1848 was sent as peace commissioner to Mexico, where he negotiated and signed the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In 1870 he was appointed postmaster at Alexandria, Va.
He translated a treatise on Milch Cows from the French of M. F. Guenon. He died Feb. 11, 1874, in Alexandria, Va.
Tritle, Frederick A
lawyer, state senator, governor, was born Aug. 7, 1833, in Franklin county, Pa. In 1859 he emigrated to the Pacific coast, settling at Carson City, Nev., in 1860. In 1863 he moved to Virginia City, Nev., and became president of the Belcher Mining company, which position he filled until 1868. 1866 he was elected state senator to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected for a full term in 1868. In 1881 he removed to Arizona; and in 1882 was appointed governor of the territory of Arizona for the term of four years.
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Troost, Gerard
mineralogist, was born March 15, 1776, in Holland. He was one of the founders of the Academy of Natural History of Philadelphia, Pa.; and its first president in 1812-17. From 1827 until his death he was professor of chemistry, mineralogy and geology in the university of Nashville. He died Aug. 14, 1850, in Nashville, Tenn.
Trott, Nicholas
lawyer, jurist, author, was born in 1663 in England. He was a Charleston jurist, very eminent in the Carolinas in his day; and the author of Laws of South Carolina (1734); Clavis Linguæ Sanctæ; and Laws Relating to the Church and Clergy in America. He died in 1740 in Charleston, S. C.
Trotter, George
soldier, was born in 1779, in Virginia. He became lieutenant-colonel of Kentucky volunteers in 1813, and led a brigade from his state with rank of brigadier-general, at the battle of the Thames in 1813. He died Oct. 13, 1815, in Lexington, Ky.
Trotter, James Fisher
educator, lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 5, 1802, in Brunswick county, Va. He settled in Hamilton, Monroe county, Miss., in 1823, and soon established a reputation as a constitutional lawyer. After serving several terms in the legislature, he was chosen, in 1837, a judge of the circuit court of his district, and in 1838 succeeded Judge John Black in the United States senate, having been chosen as a democrat. After serving from February to December of that year, he resigned to accept a seat in the court of appeals of Mississippi, which he held till 1840. He then resumed his profession, and was vice-chancellor of the northern district of the state in 1855-57, and professor of law in the university of Mississippi in 1860-62.
He died March 9, 1866, in Holly Springs, Miss.