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Lieutenant
  
Junius E. West

Name
  
Elbert Trinkle

Resting place
  
Political party
  
Succeeded by
  
Preceded by
  
Role
  
American Politician


Elbert Lee Trinkle

Full Name
  
Elbert Lee Trinkle

Born
  
March 12, 1876Wytheville, Virginia, U.S. (
1876-03-12
)

Spouse(s)
  
Helen Ball Sexton (m. 1914)

Alma mater
  
Hampden–Sydney CollegeUniversity of Virginia

Died
  
November 25, 1939, Richmond, Virginia, United States


Preceded by
  

Elbert Lee Trinkle (March 12, 1876 – November 25, 1939) was an American politician who served as the 49th Governor of Virginia from 1922 to 1926.

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Biography

On March 12, 1876, Trinkle was born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, as the youngest son of the prominent Trinkle family. After graduating from Hampden–Sydney College in 1895, he studied law at the University of Virginia, where he was manager of the Virginia Glee Club, and later opened a Wytheville law practice.

Trinkle served as the chairman and an elector of the Democratic Party in 1916. He served two terms in the Virginia Senate before his election as governor. Trinkle also acted as a delegate for Virginia to the Democratic National Convention in 1924 and 1928. On November 25, 1939, he died in Richmond, Virginia and was interred in East End Cemetery in Wytheville. Trinkle Hall (formally known as Trinkle Library) on the campus of the University of Mary Washington and Trinkle Hall on the campus of the College of William and Mary are both named in his honor, as he helped secure funding to construct the buildings. Trinkle Hall on the Radford University campus is also named for him.

Election

1921; Trinkle was elected Governor of Virginia with 64.6% of the vote over Republican Henry W. Anderson and Black-and-tan Republican John Mitchell, Jr.

References

Elbert Lee Trinkle Wikipedia


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