Abram Trigg

Abram Trigg (* 1750 in Bedford, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1797 and 1809 he represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Abram Trigg was the younger brother of Congressman John Johns Trigg ( 1748-1804 ). He was born on the estate of his father, and received an academic education. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in Montgomery County in this profession. He was living at his residence Buchanan's Bottom. In his home, he held various local offices; among other things, he also served as a judge. Trigg participated as a lieutenant colonel of militia at the final stages of the War of Independence in 1782. Later he became general of the Virginia militia. In 1788 he was a delegate to the meeting at which the state of Virginia ratified the Constitution of the United States. End of the 1790s he became a member of, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1796 Trigg was selected in the third electoral district of Virginia in the time which meets even in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Francis Preston on March 4, 1797. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1809 six legislative periods. Since 1803 he represented there as a successor of Matthew Clay sixth district of his state. In his time as a congressman fell among other things, the terms of the new federal capital, Washington DC in 1800 and the investment made by President Jefferson in 1803 Louisiana Purchase. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, the trace of Abram Trigg loses. Neither his death nor his date of death have survived.