Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
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Jonathan Trumbull Jr. was an American politician and military officer who served as the governor of Connecticut, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and lieutenant governor of Conne
Posthumous portrait by Harry Ives Thompson, c. 1880
Family portrait of Jonathan, Eunice and Faith painted by his brother, John Trumbull, 1777
Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull
Jonathan Trumbull
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Jonathan Trumbull Sr. was an American politician who served as the governor of Connecticut during the American Revolution. Trumbull and Nicholas Cooke of Rhode Island were the only men to serve as gov
Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
…He is the longest-serving governor in Connecticut history since the Revolutionary War. Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the second son of Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (the eventual governor of Connecticut) and his wife Faith Robinson, daughter of Rev. John Robinson. Trumbull graduated from Harvard College in 1759…
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Faith Robinson Trumbull, depicted donating her cloak for the revolutionary war effort