Jonathan Trumbull

Jonathan Trumbull Sr.
16th Governor of Connecticut
In office
October 10, 1776 – May 13, 1784
LieutenantMatthew Griswold
Preceded byHimself
(governor of Connecticut Colony)
Succeeded byMatthew Griswold
16th Governor of Connecticut Colony
In office
1769–1776
Preceded byWilliam Pitkin
Succeeded byHimself
(governor of State of Connecticut)
Personal details
BornOctober 12, 1710
Lebanon, Connecticut Colony, British America
DiedAugust 17, 1785(1785-08-17) (aged 74)
Lebanon, Connecticut, United States
Political partyNone
SpouseFaith Robinson
ChildrenJoseph Trumbull
Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Faith Trumbull
Mary Trumbull
David Trumbull
John Trumbull
Alma materHarvard College
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Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (October 12, 1710 – August 17, 1785) was an American politician and statesman who served as Governor of Connecticut during the American Revolution. Trumbull and Nicholas Cooke of Rhode Island were the only men to serve as governor of both a British colony and an American state, and he was the only governor to take up the Patriot cause at the start of the Revolutionary War.[1] Trumbull College at Yale University, the town of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull County, Ohio (originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve), and Jonathan the Husky are all named for him.[2]

Trumball was the father of John Trumbull, the noted artist, and Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

  1. ^ Lewis, Charles H. (2009). Cut Off: Colonel Jedediah Huntington's 17th Continental (Conn.) Regiment at the Battle of Long Island August 27, 1776. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7884-4924-6.,
  2. ^ "The UConn Story – History of the University of Connecticut". Uconn.edu. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

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