biography
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| (1740–1809)
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| biography:
| Merchant and US governor, born in Lebanon, Connecticut, USA, the brother of John Trumbull, the painter. He was a Continental army paymaster (1775–8), the first comptroller of the treasury (1778–9), and George Washington's secretary (1781–3). He served as a congressman (1789–94; Speaker of the House 1791–4) and senator (1795–6) before becoming governor of Connecticut (1797–1809). In 1809 he refused to deploy Connecticut militiamen to enforce the Embargo Act. |
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