Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.

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name =Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.


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order =2nd
office =Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
term_start =October 24, 1791
term_end =March 4, 1793
president =George Washington
predecessor =Frederick Muhlenberg
successor =Frederick Muhlenberg
order2 =Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 4th district
term_start2 =March 4, 1789
term_end2 =March 3, 1795
predecessor2 =None
successor2 =Roger Griswold
order3 =United States Senator
from Connecticut
term_start3 =March 4, 1795
term_end3 =June 10, 1796
predecessor3 =Stephen M. Mitchell
successor3 =Uriah Tracy
order4 =5th Governor of Connecticut
term_start4 =December 1796
term_end4 =August 7, 1809
predecessor4 =Oliver Wolcott
successor4 =John Treadwell
order5 =4th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
term_start5 =1796
term_end5 =1797
predecessor5 =Oliver Wolcott
successor5 =John Treadwell
birth_date =March 26, 1740
birth_place =Lebanon, Connecticut
death_date =August 7, 1809 (aged 69)
death_place =Lebanon, Connecticut
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alma_mater =Harvard College
occupation =Paymaster, comptroller
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Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (March 26, 1740ndash August 7, 1809) was an American politician who served as the second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

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. He served in the state legislature three times, in 1774-1775, 1779-1780, and in 1788, serving as Speaker of the House in 1788.

He was elected to the First, Second, and Third Congresses, serving in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1789 to March 4, 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, where he was elected and served from March 4, 1795 to June 10, 1796, when he resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. When the Governor died in December 1797, he became governor and was re-elected to eleven consecutive terms until his death in 1809 in Lebanon, Connecticut.

His brother John Trumbull was a noted painter of the Revolution.

External links

*CongBio|T000389
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4801 Find-A-Grave biography]

ee also

* Trumbull, Connecticut

Persondata
NAME= Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Paymaster, comptroller
DATE OF BIRTH=March 26, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH=Lebanon, Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH=August 7, 1809 (aged 69)
PLACE OF DEATH=Lebanon, Connecticut