1. Paul Trible was the first Republican Class I Senator from Virginia.
12 Facts About Paul Trible
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Paul Trible served as a law clerk for a federal judge from 1971 to 1972, and then as an assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia from 1972 to 1974.
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Paul Trible was later inducted as an alumnus initiate into Omicron Delta Kappa at Hampden-Sydney College in 1977.
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In 1973, at age 26, Paul Trible was elected as Commonwealth's Attorney for Essex County, Virginia, serving from 1974 to 1976.
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Paul Trible was appointed to the Virginia Law Enforcement Officers Training and Standards Commission in 1976 and at age 29 in November was elected to the US House of Representatives, winning reelection in 1978 and 1980.
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In 1982, the 35-year-old Trible received the Republican nomination for the US Senate seat being vacated by Harry F Byrd Jr.
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In 1989, Paul Trible was the early favorite to capture the GOP nomination for governor; however, Marshall Coleman narrowly won the nomination and ultimately lost to Democrat Douglas Wilder.
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In 1989, between his retirement from the Senate, and his run for governor, Trible was a teaching fellow at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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On January 1,1996, Paul Trible became the fifth president of Christopher Newport University.
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Paul Trible serves on the Council of Presidents of Virginia's public colleges and universities, as well as Chair of the NCAA Division III President's Council.
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Paul Trible is married to Rosemary Trible and they have two children, Mary Katherine, who is married to Dr Barrett W R Peters; and Paul, CEO and co-founder of Ledbury, who is married to Brittany Trible.
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Paul Trible's father was Paul Seward Trible, the son of George Meredith and Clara Trible.