Connally Findlay Trigg

Who was Connally Findlay Trigg?

Connally Findlay Trigg was a United States federal judge.

Born in Abingdon, Virginia, Trigg read law in 1833 and had a private practice in Abingdon until 1856. He was a member of the Abingdon Town Council beginning in 1835, and a Clerk of the Washington County Court in Abingdon from 1838 to 1852. He was in private practice in Knoxville, Tennessee from 1856 to 1861.

On July 16, 1862, Trigg was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln to a joint appointment to the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee, all vacated by West H. Humphreys. Trigg was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 17, 1862, and received his commission the same day. Trigg's service to the Eastern District was terminated by operation of law on June 14, 1878, with his assignment being reduced to the remaining districts. Trigg served on the Middle and Western districts until his death, in 1880, in Sullivan County, Tennessee.