Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Trumbull/Trumbull, Jonathan(2.)

5. Jonathan Trumbull, son of the preceding, was born at Lebanon, Connecticut, on 26th March 1740, and died at the same place on 7th August 1809. He graduated at Harvard in 1759, and served as member of congress, 1789-95 (being speaker of the house of representatives during the last two years of his term), as United States senator, 1795-96, and as governor of Connecticut, 1798-1809.