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Robert Trimble
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1817–1826
Robert Trimble , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 7–25 on the nomination on May 9, 1826 (). Robert Trimble (November 17, 1776 – August 25, 1828) was a lawyer and jurist who served as Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1826 to his death in 1828.
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Positions
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1826-05-09–1828-08-25
Senate confirmation votes
- Associate justice of the supreme court, to the committee on judiciary with instructions to report on trimble's attitude, while district judge of kentucky, to executions
19th Congress · 7–25 · May 9, 1826 - An associate justice of the supreme court of the united states
19th Congress · 27–5 · May 9, 1826
Education
- Read law1803
Career
Private practice, Paris, Kentucky, 1803-1808, 1809-1817; State representative, Kentucky, 1803; Second judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1807-1808, 1810; Chief justice, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1810; District attorney, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1813-1817
Biography
Robert Trimble (November 17, 1776 – August 25, 1828) was a lawyer and jurist who served as Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1826 to his death in 1828.
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