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Lyman Trumbull
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| Lyman Trumbull | |
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Junior Senator, Illinois
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| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1873 |
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| Preceded by | James Shields |
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| Succeeded by | Richard J. Oglesby |
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| Born | October 12, 1813 Colchester, Connecticut, USA |
| Died | June 25, 1896 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Political party | Democrat, Republican |
| Spouse | Julia Maria Janyne Trumbull Mary Jane Ingraham Trumbull |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Lyman Trumbull (October 12, 1813 – June 25, 1896) was a United States Senator from Illinois during the American Civil War.
Trumbull was born in Colchester, Connecticut. He attended Bacon Academy and was a school teacher from 1829 to 1833. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Greenville, Georgia until moving to Belleville, Illinois in 1837.
By 1840, he was serving in the Illinois State House and was Secretary of State from 1841 to 1843. From 1848 to 1853, he was a justice on the state Supreme Court. Although elected to the House of Representatives in 1854, he was elected to serve in the U.S. Senate before he could take his seat. He served from 1855 through 1873, during which time he claimed party affiliations with the Democrats, the Republicans, the Liberal Republicans, and finally the Democrats again.
As chairman of the Judiciary Committee (1861-1872), he co-authored the Thirteenth Amendment, which prohibited all kinds of slavery in the United States.
In 1873, he set up a law practice in Chicago and remained in private practice except for a brief period when he ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor (as a Democrat) in 1880.
During his explorations in the west John Wesley Powell named Mt. Trumbull (and now the Mt. Trumbull Wilderness) in northwestern Arizona after the senator.
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Lyman Trumbull at Find A Grave
- Trumbull at OurCampaigns.com
| Preceded by Stephen A. Douglas |
Secretary of State of Illinois 1841 – 1843 |
Succeeded by Thompson Campbell |
| Preceded by James Shields |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Illinois March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1873 Served alongside: Stephen A. Douglas, Orville H. Browning, William A. Richardson, Richard Yates, John A. Logan |
Succeeded by Richard J. Oglesby |