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James William Trimble | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's3rd district | |
| In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | J. William Fulbright |
| Succeeded by | John Paul Hammerschmidt |
| Prosecuting attorney for the 4th Judicial District of Arkansas | |
| In office 1930–1938 | |
| Judge of the 4th Judicial District of Arkansas | |
| In office 1938–1944 | |
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| Born | (1894-02-03)February 3, 1894 |
| Died | March 10, 1972(1972-03-10) (aged 78) Eureka Springs, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Berryville Memorial Park inBerryville, Arkansas |
| Party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Berryville, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Rank | Private in Adjutant General's Office |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
James William Trimble (February 3, 1894 – March 10, 1972) was aDemocratic member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromArkansas, having served from 1945 to 1967. He was the first Democrat in Arkansas sinceReconstruction to lose a congressional race to aRepublican. Trimble was unseated in the 1966general election by state GOP chairmanJohn Paul Hammerschmidt ofHarrison inBoone County, who won election on the ticket headed bygubernatorial nomineeWinthrop Rockefeller.
Born in tiny Osage inCarroll County in northwestern Arkansas, Trimble attendedpublic schools. He was graduated in 1917 from theUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice inBerryville in Carroll County.
DuringWorld War I, he served in theUnited States Army as aprivate and was assigned to the Adjutant General's Office inLittle Rock. From 1920 to 1928, he was a county official of Carroll County. He served as prosecuting attorney of the 4th Judicial Circuit of Arkansas from 1930 to 1938. He served as judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit of Arkansas from 1938 to 1944, when he was elected to the U.S. House.
Trimble was elected as aDemocrat to theSeventy-ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1967). In the 1944general election he defeated theRepublican Tom Sullins ofFayetteville, 63.3 to 36.7 percent. In 1956, Trimble defeated the RepublicanWilliam L. Spicer ofFort Smith, later the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, by a vote of 61-39 percent. He was a signatory to the 1956Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court inBrown v. Board of Education.
Trimble was the chairman of the Special Committee on Chamber Improvements (Eighty-first andEighty-second Congresses).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to theNinetieth Congress.
Trimble resided in Berryville and died inEureka Springs. He is interred at Berryville Memorial Park in Berryville.
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