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Vance Trimble (Vance Henry Trimble) was born on 6 July, 1913 in Harrison, Arkansas, U.S., is an American journalist (1913–2021). Discover Vance Trimble's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 107 years old?

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Age 107 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 6 July 1913
Birthday 6 July
Birthplace Harrison, Arkansas, U.S.
Date of death 16 June, 2021
Died Place Wewoka, Oklahoma, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1913

Vance Henry Trimble (July 6, 1913 – June 16, 2021) was an American journalist.

He won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in recognition of his exposé of nepotism and payroll abuse in the U.S. Congress.

Trimble worked in the newspaper business for over fifty years.

Trimble was born in Harrison, Arkansas, on July 6, 1913.

His father was a lawyer and his mother was the poet and writer Josie Crump Trimble.

1919

Trimble's father was the mayor of Harrison, and in 1919 a railroad strike on the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad led to mob rule in the town.

His father took the side against the mob rule and was essentially forced out of town.

1920

The family traveled to Okemah, Oklahoma, in 1920 to start a new life.

1929

Trimble and his family lived in Okemah until 1929 when they moved to Wewoka.

1931

Trimble graduated from Wewoka High School in 1931.

In high school, Trimble was the editor of the school newspaper as well as a full-time reporter for the Wewoka Times Democratic as a courthouse reporter, sports editor, and city editor.

1932

At age eighteen, Trimble married Elzene Miller on January 9, 1932.

The two met in high school when they both worked on the school newspaper.

Elzene worked at a florist shop and Trimble lost his job a week after they wed, which led to their cross country travels in order to find employment.

During the American Great Depression, Trimble worked wherever he could write.

He maintained two to three newspaper jobs around the Seminole and Maud area, but only for a limited amount of time.

Eventually, Trimble and his wife took to the road to find him a newspaper job.

Along the way Trimble would repair typewriters, adding machines, and cash registers for money.

After a year and a half, Trimble got jobs in Muskogee, Tulsa, and Okmulgee.

The dailies he worked for include the Seminole Morning News, the Seminole Producer, the Okmulgee Times and the Muskogee Phoenix.

Trimble also worked as financial editor of the Tulsa Tribune, and as editor of the Maud Enterprise.

After being fired for joining the Newspaper Guild, Trimble went to work for the Beaumont Enterprise and the Port Arthur News in Texas.

1939

In 1939, Trimble joined Scripps Howard as a copy editor for the Houston Press.

Within six months, he was promoted to city editor.

During World War II, he was assigned to the Army Signal Corps and served as editor of Camp Beale base's newspaper near Marysville, California, for two years.

Thereafter, he and his family returned to Houston, "where he had a new home built on a small lot."

1950

He was appointed managing editor of the Press in 1950.

1955

In 1955, Trimble was transferred to the Scripps Howard National Bureau in Washington, D.C. as night editor.

He found this role to be duller than his previous job in Houston and decided to look for stories to investigate outside of his normal requirements.

He came across a book by Raymond Clapper about nepotism in the United States Congress that had been published thirty years prior.

After looking into current payrolls, he found that around twenty percent of Congress had family members on their payroll.

Following its publication in the Washington Daily News, Trimble had a daily story for six months.

As a result, then-Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson decided to open up the payroll records of the U.S. Senate to bring them up to date.

1960

As a result of his work, Trimble was awarded the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Correspondence Record for Washington coverage, and the Raymond Clapper Award – referred to as the "triple crown".

1963

Trimble remained in Washington until 1963, when he was appointed editor of The Kentucky Post, a regional edition of The Cincinnati Post based in Covington, Kentucky.

He drastically improved the paper during his time as editor.

Two of his greatest mentors in the newspaper business were Walker Stone and Paul Miller.

1974

He was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1974.

He published numerous books after his retirement.

1979

Trimble served at The Kentucky Post until 1979.