South Trimble was a US Representative from Kentucky.
10 Facts About South Trimble
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South Trimble's mother bought and moved to a Franklin County, Kentucky home where he attended the public schools of Frankfort and Excelsior Institute.
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South Trimble engaged in agricultural pursuits near Frankfort, Kentucky, including turkey farming.
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In 1913, South Trimble became the second person to present a turkey to the President of the United States, hoping to break the 40-year monopoly that Horace Vose, the Westerly, Rhode Island turkey farmer who had provided the President's turkeys since 1873, had on the practice.
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South Trimble was insistent that his turkeys, though smaller than Vose's, were more flavorful due to more red pepper in their diets.
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South Trimble was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses.
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South Trimble did not seek renomination in 1906, and was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.
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South Trimble was Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, first, from April 4,1911, to May 18,1919.
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South Trimble retired from public life and operated a plantation near Selma, Alabama.
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South Trimble again served as Clerk of the House of Representatives from December 7,1931, until his death in Washington, DC, November 23,1946.