Michael C. Trout

Michael Carver Trout (September 30, 1810 – June 25, 1873) was an American politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1853 to 1855.

He received a very limited education, and was employed as a hatter for three years and then became a carpenter and contractor.

He was elected burgess of Sharon in 1841, recorder of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, from 1842 to 1845, and prothonotary from 1846 to 1851.

After leaving Congress, he engaged in iron manufacturing, banking, and coal mining.

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