Background
Trinkle, Elbert Lee was born on March 12, 1876 in Wytheville, Virginia, United States. Son of Elbert S. and Letitia M. (Sexton) Trinkle.
Trinkle, Elbert Lee was born on March 12, 1876 in Wytheville, Virginia, United States. Son of Elbert S. and Letitia M. (Sexton) Trinkle.
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Hampden-Sydney College, 1896, Doctor of Laws, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1898. Doctor of Laws, Williams and Mary College, 1937.
Trinkle served as the chairman and an elector of the Democratic Party in 1916. He served two terms in the Virginia Senate before his election as governor. Trinkle also acted as a delegate for Virginia to the Democratic National Convention in 1924 and 1928.
On November 25, 1939, he died in Richmond, Virginia and was interred in East End Cemetery in Wytheville.
Trinkle Hall (formally known as Trinkle Library) on the campus of the University of Mary Washington and Trinkle Hall on the campus of the College of William and Mary are both named in his honor, as he helped secure funding to construct the buildings. Trinkle Hall on the Radford University campus is also named for him.
1921. Trinkle was elected Governor of Virginia with 64.6% of the vote over Republican Henry West. Anderson and Lily Black Republican John Mitchell, Junior.
Member Virginia Senate, 1914-1920.
Married Helen Ball Sexton, February 21, 1910.