UCLA Presents voteview.com beta 3

Welcome! We have just updated Voteview's aging codebase. In the process, we have fixed some nagging issues, added a few new features, and improved performance. If you notice anything that used to work that no longer does, please let us know.

TRIGG, Connally Findlay (1847-1907)

Democrat of Virginia

9th congressional district

Served in House 1885-1887

Total roll-call votes cast: 233

Biography

A Representative from Virginia; born in Abingdon, Washington County, Va., September 18, 1847; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Abingdon, Va.; during the Civil War was a private in the First Virginia Cavalry and also served in the Confederate States Navy; elected Commonwealth attorney for Washington County in 1872, which position he held until he resigned in 1884 to become a candidate for Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); resumed the practice of law; died in Abingdon, Va., April 23, 1907; interment in Sinking Spring Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Sorting votes