Robert Trimble lived from November 17, 1776 to August 25, 1828 and was a lawyer and jurist who served as Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, as United States district judge for the District of Kentucky, and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1826 until his death in 1828. During his brief Supreme Court tenure he authored several majority opinions, including the decision in Ogden v. Saunders, the only majority opinion that Chief Justice John Marshall ever dissented from during his 34 years on the Court.
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RoleAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Disputed
BirthplaceBerkeley County, Virginia (Wikipedia infobox); some historians identify Augusta County, Virginia instead 1 Wikipedia own infobox footnote states the county is not known for certain: some authorities name Berkeley County, others Augusta County, citing Goff (1960), Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Classification
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How did Robert Trimble come to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States?
Madison made him a Kentucky district judge in 1817, and John Quincy Adams nominated him to the Supreme Court in 1826.
President James Madison appointed Robert Trimble to the district court of Kentucky in 1817, and he served eight years in that position. President John Quincy Adams then nominated him to the Supreme Court on April 11, 1826, and the Senate confirmed the appointment on May 9, 1826. Trimble served on the Supreme Court for two years and died on August 25, 1828, at the age of fifty-one.
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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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Berkeley County, Virginia
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The county in which Trimble was born is not known for certain as some authorities name Berkeley County, Virginia while others identify Augusta County, Virginia.
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August 25, 1828 (aged 51) Paris, Kentucky
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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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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.
Member Of: Kentucky Court of Appeals, Introduction
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.
In Legal System: Law of the United States, Wikipedia category: United States federal judges appointed by John Quincy Adams
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