Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
(1740-1809)
BIRTH
March 26, 1740
Lebanon, Connecticut
John Trumbull Jr
FATHER
Jonathan Trumbull Sr.
(1710-1785)
MOTHER
Faith Robinson
(1718-1780)
WIFE
Eunice Backus Trumbull
(1749-1826)
Children
Faith Trumbull Wadsworth
(1769-1846)
Children
Maria Trumbull
(1785-1805)
Children
Harriet Trumbull
(1783-1850)
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. was an American politician and military officer who was the governor of Connecticut, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and lieutenant governor of Connecticut. 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.
BORN
John Trumbull Jr
Lebanon, Connecticut
Married Name
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.
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DEATH
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. was an American politician and military officer who was the governor of Connecticut, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Trumbull served in the Continental Army as paymaster general of the Northern Department from July 28, 1775 to July 29, 1778. 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. When Trumbull was elected to the United States Senate, he served from March 4, 1795 to June 10, 1796. 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. Jonathan Trumbull Jr. died on Aug 7, 1809, in Lebanon, Connecticut. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
Trumbull Cemetery / Old Cemetery
466 Exeter Road, Lebanon, Connecticut, 06249, USA
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