Robert Trimble was an attorney and a justice of the United States Supreme Court. Trimble was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, to William Trimble and Mary McMillan. His family moved to Kentucky while he was still an infant settling in the area outside Boonesboro (now Clark County. ) He was licensed to practice law in 1803. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from Paris, Kentucky in Bourbon County. He also served briefly on the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

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  • Robert Trimble was an attorney and a justice of the United States Supreme Court. Trimble was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, to William Trimble and Mary McMillan. His family moved to Kentucky while he was still an infant settling in the area outside Boonesboro (now Clark County. ) He was licensed to practice law in 1803. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from Paris, Kentucky in Bourbon County. He also served briefly on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. He was the federal prosecutor and later appointed United States District Judge for Kentucky by President Madison. Trimble married Nancy Timberlake and the two had at least six children. He was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1826 by President John Quincy Adams after the death of Justice Thomas Todd. He was John Quincy Adams' only appointment to the Supreme Court. Adams is said to have appointed Trimble because of the "Kentucky" vacancy created by the death of Thomas Todd and on the advice of Henry Clay, who was Secretary of State. Trimble was the first U.S. District Judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court. He served on the Court until his sudden death in Paris, Kentucky, in 1828. He is buried in the Paris Cemetery. Trimble County, Kentucky is named in his honor.
  • Robert Trimble war ein amerikanischer Jurist und Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten. Trimble wurde im heutigen West Virginia als Sohn von William Trimble und Mary McMillan geboren. In seiner frühen Kindheit zog seine Familie nach Kentucky, wo sie sich in der Nähe der Stadt Boonesborough niederließ. Trimble studierte Rechtswissenschaften an der Transylvania University bei George Nicholas und James Brown. Er erhielt im Jahre 1803 die Zulassung als Anwalt. Im selben Jahr wurde er in das Repräsentantenhaus von Kentucky gewählt. Dieses Amt gab er jedoch bereits 1804 wieder auf und nahm seine Tätigkeit als Anwalt wieder auf, in der er sehr erfolgreich war. Von 1807 bis 1809 arbeitete er als Richter am Kentucky Court of Appeals. Von 1813 bis 1817 war er Bundesstaatsanwalt für Kentucky. Trimble war mit Nancy Timberlake verheiratet und hatte 6 Kinder. Er wurde von Präsident John Quincy Adams zum Bundesrichter ernannt und folgte Thomas Todd nach. Nach seinem plötzlichen Tod 1828 wurde er in Paris, Kentucky beigesetzt. Das Trimble County ist nach Robert Trimble benannt.
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  • Robert Trimble was an attorney and a justice of the United States Supreme Court. Trimble was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, to William Trimble and Mary McMillan. His family moved to Kentucky while he was still an infant settling in the area outside Boonesboro (now Clark County. ) He was licensed to practice law in 1803. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from Paris, Kentucky in Bourbon County. He also served briefly on the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
  • Robert Trimble war ein amerikanischer Jurist und Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten. Trimble wurde im heutigen West Virginia als Sohn von William Trimble und Mary McMillan geboren. In seiner frühen Kindheit zog seine Familie nach Kentucky, wo sie sich in der Nähe der Stadt Boonesborough niederließ. Trimble studierte Rechtswissenschaften an der Transylvania University bei George Nicholas und James Brown. Er erhielt im Jahre 1803 die Zulassung als Anwalt.
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