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On March 12 , 1876, Trinkle was born in Wytheville , Wythe County, Virginia , as the youngest son of the prominent Trinkle family. He studied law at the University Of Virginia and later opened a Wytheville law practice. 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.

  Before Westmoreland Davis
  Title Governor Of Virginia
  Years 1922&ndash1926