Editing Jonathan Trumbull (section)

{{short description|American politician and governor of Connecticut (1710 – 1785)}}

{{distinguish|text=his sons, [[Jonathan Trumbull Jr.]], also a Connecticut politician, and [[John Trumbull]], a prominent artist}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Jonathan Trumbull Sr.
| image               = JohnTrumbull.jpg
| order               = 16th [[List of Governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]]
| lieutenant          = [[Matthew Griswold (governor)|Matthew Griswold]]
| predecessor         = Himself<br><small>(governor of [[Connecticut Colony]])</small>
| successor           = [[Matthew Griswold (governor)|Matthew Griswold]]
| term_start          = October 10, 1776
| term_end            = May 13, 1784
| order2              = 16th [[List of colonial governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut Colony]]
| term_start2         = 1769
| term_end2           = 1776
| predecessor2        = [[William Pitkin]]
| successor2          = Himself<br><small>(governor of State of Connecticut)</small>
| birth_date          = October 12, 1710
| birth_place         = [[Lebanon, Connecticut|Lebanon]], [[Connecticut Colony]], [[British America]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1785|8|17|1710|10|12}}
| death_place         = [[Lebanon, Connecticut|Lebanon]], [[Connecticut]], [[United States]]
| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| spouse              = Faith Robinson
| children            = [[Joseph Trumbull (commissary general)|Joseph Trumbull]]<br>[[Jonathan Trumbull Jr.]]<br>[[Faith Trumbull]]<br>Mary Trumbull<br>David Trumbull<br>[[John Trumbull]]
| alma_mater          = [[Harvard College]]
| profession          = 
| religion            = 
| signature           = Jonathan Trumbull Signature.svg
}}

'''Jonathan Trumbull Sr.''' (October 12, 1710{{spaced ndash}}August 17, 1785) was an American politician and statesman who served as [[List of Governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]] during the [[American Revolution]]. Trumbull and [[Nicholas Cooke]] of Rhode Island were the only men to serve as governor of both a British colony and an American state, and he was the only governor to take up the [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] cause at the start of the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref name=CO>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Charles H.|title=Cut Off: Colonel Jedediah Huntington's 17th Continental (Conn.) Regiment at the Battle of Long Island August 27, 1776|year=2009|publisher=Heritage Books|location=Westminster, MD|isbn=978-0-7884-4924-6|page=7}},</ref> [[Trumbull College]] at [[Yale University]], the town of [[Trumbull, Connecticut]], [[Trumbull County, Ohio]] (originally part of the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]]), and [[Jonathan the Husky]] are all named for him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uconn.edu/history/traditions/ |title=The UConn Story – History of the University of Connecticut |publisher=Uconn.edu |access-date=September 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219063633/http://uconn.edu/history/traditions/ |archive-date=December 19, 2008 }}</ref>

Trumbull was the father of [[John Trumbull]], the noted artist, and [[Jonathan Trumbull Jr.]], Governor of Connecticut and [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]].