Carey A. Trimble

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Carey Allen Trimble (September 13, 1813 - May 4, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Trimble attended Pestalostian School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Stubb's Classical School in Newport, Kentucky. He was graduated from Ohio University at Athens in 1833 and from Cincinnati Medical College in 1836. He taught for four years. Practiced medicine in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Trimble was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. He resumed medical practice. He moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he died May 4, 1887. He was interred in Grand View Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.

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