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.
Congress 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.
Later career and death He resumed medical practice. He moved to
Columbus, Ohio, where he died May 4, 1887. He was interred in
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe,
Ohio. ==Sources==