Lyman Trumbull

Lyman Trumbull

Lyman Trumbull (* 12. October 1813 in Colchester , Connecticut ; † 25. June 1896 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician of the Republican Party . From 1855 to 1873 he sat for the US state of Illinois in the US Senate .

biography

Trumbull was born in Colchester, Connecticut. After graduating from the Bacon Academy , he worked as a teacher between 1829 and 1833. At the age of 20, he moved to Georgia , where he studied law. There he was finally also admitted to the bar. In Greenville he then worked in his own law firm. In 1837 he then moved to Alton .

In 1840 Trumbull was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. Between 1841 and 1843 he served as Secretary of State of Illinois. In 1848 he was appointed a judge on the Supreme Court of Illinois , where he served until 1853. In 1854 he was finally elected to the US House of Representatives. Before he could take up the mandate, however, he was elected to the US Senate by the Illinois General Assembly , where he began work in 1855. During his tenure he did not feel bound to party membership or the like. When it served the cause, he also worked with the senators from other parties. Between 1861 and 1872 he served as chairman of the influential United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary . It was during this time that the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was discussed and passed . Trumbull is considered one of the co-authors.

During the impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson , Trumbull was annoyed that Benjamin Wade , among others, manipulated evidence against Johnson to prove Johnson's guilt. Although most senators, including Trumbull, found Johnson guilty, they voted against impeachment in the final vote to prevent Benjamin Wade from becoming the new US president, according to the ranking at the time. In 1871 Trumbull emerged as a strong proponent of the creation of Yellowstone National Park . In 1873 Trumbull then left the Senate.

After his departure he worked as a lawyer again, this time in his own law firm in Chicago. In 1880 he ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party for governor of Illinois .

Trumbull died in Chicago in 1896 at the age of 82. He was married twice, and both marriages resulted in a total of eight children. In the northwest of Arizona a mountain was named after him in his honor.

Web links

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• Lyman Trumbull in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lyman Trumbull in the database of Find a Grave (English)