Senator George W. Trumbull View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 6/30/1879
Birth Place: Suffield, Connecticut
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 8 (1860) - 9 (1862)
Home County: Dubuque
George W. Trumbull
Dubuque County
Born March 20, 1820 in Connecticut, and died June 30, 1879 in Chicago, Illinois. He married Gricella Elliot of Ohio. He served in the Iowa Legislature as a Senator and was the Mayor of Monticello, Iowa. George W. was chair of the committee attempting to secure the location of the Great Northwestern Railroad on the route from Galena to Cascade. He served in the Sixth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry as a surgeon from Oct. 21, 1862 to Feb. 10, 1863.
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Senate District 27
Committees
9th GA (1862)
Legislation Sponsored
9th GA (1862)