John Trumbull Jr
BIRTH
Mar 26, 1740
Lebanon, Connecticut
DEATH
August 7, 1809
Lebanon, Connecticut
FAMILY
FATHER:
Jonathan Trumbull Sr
(1710-1785)
MOTHER:
Faith Robinson
(1718-1780)
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Trumbull, John Jr
(1740-1809)
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. was an American politician and military officer who served as the governor of Connecticut, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and lieutenant governor of Connecticut.
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WIFE
Eunice Backus Trumbull
(1749-1826)
Faith Trumbull Wadsworth
(1769-1846)
Harriet Trumbull
(1783-1850)
Maria Trumbull
(1785-?)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Old South Meeting House | 310 Washington St, Boston, MA 02108 | MUSEUM | ||
Governor John Trumbull House | 169 W Town St #1550, Lebanon, CT 06249 | MUSEUM |
DIED:
Lebanon, Connecticut
Aug 7, 1809
Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the second son of Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (the eventual governor of Connecticut) and his wife Faith Robinson, daughter of Rev. John Robinson. Trumbull graduated from Harvard College in 1759, and gave the valedictory address when he received his master's degree in 1762. His brother John Trumbull was a noted painter of the Revolution.
Trumbull served in the Continental Army as paymaster general of the Northern Department from July 28, 1775 to July 29, 1778. In February 1781, he was given the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was included in the general orders of June 8, 1781: "Jonathan Trumbull. Esqr., Junior, is appointed Secretary to the Commander in Chief and to be respected accordingly." He served for the duration of the war as aide-de-camp to General George Washington until December 28, 1783. After the war, he became an original member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the First, Second, and Third Congresses, Trumbull served in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1795. He was the Speaker of the House in the Second Congress, both preceded and succeeded by Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg. He did not seek re-election for a fourth term and instead ran for the United States Senate. When Trumbull was elected to the United States Senate, he served from March 4, 1795 to June 10, 1796.