John Tremble

John Tremble
 			
8th Governor of New York 			
Term: March 4, 1811 - May 16, 1817 			
Lt.Gov.: John Tayler 			
Preceded By: Stephen Van Rensselaer 			
Succeeded By: John Tayler 			
4th Secretary of State 			
Term: July 30, 1800 - March 4, 1801 			
President: John Adams 			
Preceded By: James Madison 			
Succeeded By: Scott Benckendorf 			
Representative from New York 			
Term: March 4, 1793 - March 4, 1811 			
Preceded By: Seat Created 			
Succeeded By: N/A 			
Personal Details 			
Born: August 27, 1760 			
Death: May 16, 1817 (56) 			
State: New York 			
Party: Parliamentary 1792-1796 / Democratic 1796-1799 / Democratic Union 1799-1801 / Farmer-Labour 1801-1806 / People's Labour 1806-1814 / Democratic 1814-1817			
Spouse: Mary Tremble 			
Children: Albert / John 			
Family: Tremble Family 			
Alma Matter: Harvard University 			
John Tremble was a Governor of New York, a Secretary of State, and a U.S. Representative from New York. Tremble is also remembered as a candidate for President in the Presidential Election of 1800, in which he lost.
==Political Career==
===House of Representatives===
John Tremble was elected as a United States Representative from New York in the 1792 House Elections to a newly created district. Tremble had been an avid Parliamentarian, believing that the British system would work better for the nation on this scale, even forming the Parliamentary Party for his run.
Tremble would twice try to sponsor an infamous amendment known as the House Reform Amendment, which would have abolished the electoral college, change the way the House was elected, and change the Vice President to a Prime Minister who was selected by the President. These ideas would be made into reality in the New English Constitution in the 1800s, but beyond would see little support.
===Secretary of State===
Tremble would only be the Secretary of State for a short time, and was unable to do much in the position.
===Governor of New York===
John Tremble was elected as Governor of New York in 1810 to replace incumbent Stephen Van Rensselaer, who had been the successor to Amo Gus, who resigned to take the office of the Presidency. Tremble wanted to undo several things Gus had voted in, for example under Gus New York had removed it's Presidential Popular Vote, something Tremble brought back, though it was later removed by DeWitt Clinton in 1819. Tremble also significantly scaled back Gus's Canal plan, though Clinton would also later rescale it up, making much of Tremble's accomplishments rather moot.
On May 16, 1817, as part of a multi-stepped plan to destabilize the New York Government, a group of Radical Republicans associated with the Freedom Fighters would assassinate John Tremble and two Democratic members of the Legislature. This group lead by Jacob Feverlet would be soon caught afterwards, sentenced to death for their crimes.
==Personal Life==
John Tremble was born on August 27, 1760, Tremble would practice as a lawyer for most of his early life, and would dabble in journalism in the early 1800s, creating the El Diario Del Mundo. Tremble would marry Mary Tremble on January 2, 1800, it's unclear if they were related and if so how close, but they did share the last name of Tremble. It is suspected that they married due to Mary being pregnant with John's child, as only 6 months after his marriage Mary gave birth to their first son Albert Tremble, later in 1803 she would have their second son John Tremble II despite being 57 years old. 
*Albert Tremble (Born: July 17, 1800)
*John Tremble II (Born: June 1, 1803)
Tremble would be shot by Jacob Feverlet on May 16, 1817 during the Era of Terror during the transision of power between Rudolph Hartmann and John Quincy Adams, which would claim several lives, including John Tremble, William Aubrey, and Rudolph Hartmann.
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