For others with the same name, see: Joseph Trumbull.

Joseph Trumbull (December 7, 1782–August 4, 1861) was a U.S. lawyer, banker, and politician from Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the U.S. Congress and served as Governor.

Joseph was born to David Trumbull in Lebanon, Connecticut, and was the grandson of Jonathan Trumbull. He graduated from Yale in 1801, after which he read for the law. He was admitted to the bar in 1803 and established his practice at Hartford. In 1828 he becane the president of the Hartford Bank.

Trumbull began his political career with his election to the state’s House of Representatives in 1832. He was sent to the U.S. Congress in December of 1834 to complete the term of William W. Ellsworth who had resigned. In 1838 and 1840 he was elected to full terms in Congress as a member of the Whig Party.

Trumbull served as governor of Connecticut in 1849 and 1850. He was active in his support of education, and Yale awarded him an honorary LL.D. degree in 1849. He died in Hartford on August 4, 1861 and was buried in the family plot at the East Cemetery in Lebanon, Connecticut.

External link

• Trumbull’s Congressional biography