Andrew Trumbo

Andrew Alkire Trumbo ( born September 15, 1797 Bath County, Kentucky; † August 21, 1871 in Frankfort, Kentucky ) was an American politician. From 1845 to 1847 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Andrew Trumbo attended the public schools of his home. He then worked as a clerk at the district administration. After a subsequent law degree in 1824 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Owingsville to work in this profession. In 1830 he was hired again at the district administration in Bath County. This year he was also district attorney there.

Politically, Trumbo member of the Whig party. In the congressional elections of 1844 he was in the ninth constituency of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Richard French of the Democratic Party on March 4, 1845. Since he resigned in the elections of 1846 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1847. During this time, the Mexican -American War began. After the election of 1846 Trumbo mandate fell back to its previous French. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Trumbo joined the Democrats. In 1848 he was one of the electors in the presidential election. He then practiced as a lawyer again.

Although Trumbo himself was slaveholder, he supported the Union during the Civil War. On this issue, his family and his home state were split. His district was dominated by supporters of the South. Thus he had a hard time, he was also temporarily detained temporarily and then went north to Illinois. As his homeland was controlled by the Union troops, he returned back in 1863. There he settled in Franklin County. He died on August 21, 1871 in Frankfort.