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Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (March 26, 1740 – August 7, 1809) was an American politician and military officer who served as the governor of Connecticut, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and lieutenant governor of Connecticut.
He was elected to the first U.S. Congress created under the new Constitution in 1789 and was the second speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was later a U.S. Senator. In 1797 Jonathan Trumbull, Junior, was elected governor of Connecticut.
Jonathan Trumbull Jr (1740-1809), son of Connecticut’s Revolutionary War governor, served as General George Washington’s military secretary 1781-1783, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1795 and the Senate from 1795-1796 before being elected Governor of Connecticut in 1707 to his death in 1809.
Feb 26, 2015 · Trumbull, Jonathan Jr. 1740-1809. Jonathan Trumbull was the younger son of Governor Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut. His brother, Colonel John Trumbull was a well known artist and called "The Chronicler of the American Revolution".
Oct 7, 2020 · Three hundred years after his birth in Lebanon, Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. is best known as the state’s civilian commander in chief during the Revolutionary War and for his role in provisioning the starving troops at Valley Forge and Morristown.
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TRUMBULL, JONATHAN, JR. (1740–1809). Paymaster General, comptroller of the treasury, military secretary to Washington. Connecticut. Son and namesake of Governor Jonathan Trumbull Sr. and kin to other famous members of the Trumbull Family, Jonathan Jr. entered Harvard College at the age of 15 and graduated in 1759.
