Carey A. Trimble Explained

Carey Allen Trimble
State:Ohio
District:10th
Term Start:March 4, 1859
Term End:March 3, 1863
Preceded:Joseph Miller
Succeeded:James Mitchell Ashley
Party:Republican
Birth Date:13 September 1813
Birth Place:Hillsboro, Ohio
Death Place:Columbus, Ohio
Restingplace:Grandview Cemetery
Alma Mater:Ohio University
Cincinnati Medical College
Occupation:Physician

Carey Allen Trimble (September 13, 1813 – May 4, 1887) was an American physician and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1859 to 1863.

Biography

Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Trimble attended Pestalostian School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Stubb's Classical School in Newport, Kentucky. He graduated from Ohio University at Athens, Ohio in 1833 and from Cincinnati Medical College (now part of University of Cincinnati) in 1836. He taught for four years, and practiced medicine in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Trimble was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. He resumed medical practice.

Death

He moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he died May 4, 1887. He was interred in Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.