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| Allen Trimble |
Born: November 24, 1783
Died: February 3, 1870
Political Party: Democratic Republican, later Whig
Term of Office: January 4, 1822 -December 28, 1822
& December 19, 1826 -December 18, 1830
Buried: Hillsboro Cemetery Hillsboro, Ohio
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Allen Trimble was born in Virginia to a Revolutionary War veteran father in 1783. The next year the Trimble family moved to Kentucky. The Trimble family did well in Kentucky, they even owned some slaves for while. Allen Trimble's father James freed his slaves in 1800 after a chance of heart. James died in 1803, making Allen the head of the family. Allen moved the family to Hillsboro, Ohio in 1804.
After arriving in Hillsboro, Trimble worked as a farmer and surveyor. Trimble entered politics in 1808 by becoming Highland Counties clerk of courts and recorder of deeds. He found this position to be more profitable then farming, which encouraged his to pursue a career in politics later on. During the War of 1812, Trimble served as a Colonel in the Ohio militia.
After the war he used his popularity earned from his military career to win a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1815. Then in 1817 he won a seat in the Ohio State Senate. Trimble won 5 terms in the State Senate by overwhelming margins, serving 10 years. 7 of those years, Trimble was selected by his fellow Senators to serve as Speaker of the State Senate. When Governor Ethan Allen Brown resigned to accept a seat in the U.S. Senate in January 1822, Trimble was chosen to serve as acting Governor for the rest of Brown's term, which ended in December of that year. Also that year, Trimble ran for Governor, hoping to win the office in his own right. However he was defeated by Jeremiah Morrow when a 3rd candidate took votes away from him. In 1824, Trimble ran for Governor again, but lost again to Governor Morrow, only this time the margin of victory was much smaller.
Allen Trimble ran for Governor again in 1826. This time Governor Morrow did not seeking reelection and so Trimble won easily. Trimble went on to win reelection in 1828. As Governor, Trimble called for the development of colleges in the state and pushed for the need of public education. He was also a strong supported of the canal systems in Ohio. The first section of the Ohio and Erie canal between Cleveland and Akron was built while he was Governor. Trimble was also a strong opponent of President Andrew Jackson's policies.
Trimble retired from politics in 1830, and returned home to his farm. He stayed active in various Agricultural groups in the following years. In 1850, he ran for Governor again as the American Parties candidate, but lost. He then retired from politics for good and died in Hillsboro in 1870.
I visited the gravesite of Governor Trimble on Good Friday 2017. It was the first day in awhile in which my wife and I both had the day off. So we took a day trip south to the Great Serpent Mound. Luckily Hillsboro was on the way.
After arriving in Hillsboro, Trimble worked as a farmer and surveyor. Trimble entered politics in 1808 by becoming Highland Counties clerk of courts and recorder of deeds. He found this position to be more profitable then farming, which encouraged his to pursue a career in politics later on. During the War of 1812, Trimble served as a Colonel in the Ohio militia.
After the war he used his popularity earned from his military career to win a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1815. Then in 1817 he won a seat in the Ohio State Senate. Trimble won 5 terms in the State Senate by overwhelming margins, serving 10 years. 7 of those years, Trimble was selected by his fellow Senators to serve as Speaker of the State Senate. When Governor Ethan Allen Brown resigned to accept a seat in the U.S. Senate in January 1822, Trimble was chosen to serve as acting Governor for the rest of Brown's term, which ended in December of that year. Also that year, Trimble ran for Governor, hoping to win the office in his own right. However he was defeated by Jeremiah Morrow when a 3rd candidate took votes away from him. In 1824, Trimble ran for Governor again, but lost again to Governor Morrow, only this time the margin of victory was much smaller.
Allen Trimble ran for Governor again in 1826. This time Governor Morrow did not seeking reelection and so Trimble won easily. Trimble went on to win reelection in 1828. As Governor, Trimble called for the development of colleges in the state and pushed for the need of public education. He was also a strong supported of the canal systems in Ohio. The first section of the Ohio and Erie canal between Cleveland and Akron was built while he was Governor. Trimble was also a strong opponent of President Andrew Jackson's policies.
Trimble retired from politics in 1830, and returned home to his farm. He stayed active in various Agricultural groups in the following years. In 1850, he ran for Governor again as the American Parties candidate, but lost. He then retired from politics for good and died in Hillsboro in 1870.
I visited the gravesite of Governor Trimble on Good Friday 2017. It was the first day in awhile in which my wife and I both had the day off. So we took a day trip south to the Great Serpent Mound. Luckily Hillsboro was on the way.
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