Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896

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Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); State Representative, St. Clair County (1840-1842); Illinois Secretary of State (1841-1843); unsuccessful candidate for Governor (1880).

From the description of Letter, September 29, 1842. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 71275513

Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); State Representative, St. Clair County (1840-1842), Illinois Secretary of State (1841-1843); unsuccessful candidate for Governor (1880).

From the description of Family papers, 1821-1917. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 23124664

Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); State Representative, St. Clair County (1840-1842); Illinois Secretary of State (1841-1843): unsuccessful candidate for governor (1880).

From the description of Papers, 1841-1870. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 60858865

U.S. senator from Illinois.

From the description of Papers of Lyman Trumbull, 1843-1894 (bulk 1855-1872). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063832

Senator from Illinois.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to an unidentified recipient, 1856 Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573391

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Hon. Isaac Newton, Supt. of the Agriculture Dept., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573386

Lyman Trumball (1813-1896), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1855-1873), aligned with Radical Republicans in Congress. He sponsored the 13th Ammendment and the Civil Rights bill (1865-1867).

From the description of Lyman Trumbull Papers 1843-1894 1855-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387708

Biographical Note

  • 1813, Oct. 12: Born, Colchester, Conn
  • 1836: Admitted to the bar
  • 1837: Began law practice, Bellevue, Ill.
  • 1840 - 1842 : Democratic member of the state legislature
  • 1842 - 1843 : Secretary of state, Illinois
  • 1843: Married Julia Maria Jayne
  • 1848 - 1855 : Justice, supreme court of Illinois
  • 1855 - 1873 : United States senator
  • 1854: Opposed the Kansas-Nebraska bill
  • 1864: Introduced resolution that led to the Thirteenth Amendment
  • 1865 - 1867 : Aligned with Radicals in Congress; sponsored Civil Rights bill
  • 1868: Voted against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
  • 1872: Prominent in the Liberal Republican movement
  • 1873: Resumed law practice, Chicago, Ill.
  • 1876: Counsel for Samuel Tilden in disputed presidential election
  • 1880: Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Illinois
  • 1896, June 25: Died, Chicago, Ill.

From the guide to the Lyman Trumbull Correspondence, 1843-1894, (bulk 1855-1872), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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creatorOf Gillespie, Joseph, 1809-1885. Papers, 1835-1861, 1876. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
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referencedIn Autograph album: Abraham Lincoln, his cabinet, and senators, 1864 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Palmer, John M. (John McAuley), 1817-1900. Papers, 1811-1906. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Fuller, Melville Weston, 1833-1910. Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Lawrence Y. Sherman], Springfield, Ill., 1909 April 6. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Edwin McMasters Stanton Papers, 1818-1921, (bulk 1862-1870) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Illinois. Office of Secretary of State. Ledger book, 1840-1847. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Halstead, Agnes Carpenter. Halstead Collection, 1826-1942. Cudahy Library
creatorOf Lyman Trumbull Correspondence, 1843-1894, (bulk 1855-1872) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Family papers, 1821-1917. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Yates, Richard. Letters, 1860-1868. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Papers of Lyman Trumbull, 1843-1894 (bulk 1855-1872). Library of Congress
creatorOf Bagby, John Courts, 1819-1896. Correspondence, 1849-1886. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Jesse W. Fell Papers, 1806-1965, (bulk 1830-1887) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Hon. Isaac Newton, Supt. of the Agriculture Dept., [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn White, Horace, 1834-1916. Papers, 1855-1944 (bulk 1855-1917). Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Truesdail, Robert John, d. 1885. Hotel register, 1858 March-July. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana, circa 1824-1933 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell Papers, 1794-1929, (bulk 1840-1900) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Autograph letter signed : Chicago, to Ulysses S. Grant, n.p., 1868 Nov. 11. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Lyman Trumbull Papers 1843-1894 1855-1867. Michigan State University Libraries, Main Library
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Simon Stephens, n.p., 1862 Jan. 27. Texas Christian University
creatorOf French, Augustus C., 1808-1864. Papers, 1841-1852. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Trumbull, Benjamin, 1769-1850. Family papers, 1775-1896 (bulk 1790-1866) Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Ought the Indians to be removed beyond the Mississippi? Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Ray, Charles Henry. Papers of Charles Henry Ray, 1826-1904 (bulk 1838-1870) Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Lyman Trumbull family papers 1799-1924 1859-1890 Trumbull, Lyman family papers William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Papers, 1886. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
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creatorOf Ewing, William Lee Davidson, 1795-1846. Papers, 1823-1846. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
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creatorOf Trumbull, Mary Ingraham, 1843-1914. Lyman Trumbull family papers, 1799-1924, bulk 1859-1890. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Letter, September 29, 1842. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Scammon, J. Young. Letter, March 8, 1866. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Dubois, Jesse Kilgour, 1811-1876. [Papers], 1833-1920. Indiana State Library - ISL
referencedIn Trumbull, Walter. Papers, 1851-1895 and n.d. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Carlin, Thomas, 1786-1852. Legal document: Springfield, Ill., 1842 June 13. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Letters to Julia Jayne Trumbull, 1851. Connecticut Historical Society
creatorOf Blair, Francis P. Various speeches given between 1859 and 1860. Mid-Continent Public Library, Administrative Headquarters
creatorOf Parsons, Lewis B. (Lewis Baldwin), 1818-1907. Papers, 1799-1908 (bulk 1836-1908). Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Brush, George Jarvis, 1831-1912. Family papers, 1834-1960 (bulk: 1834-1939) Yale University Library
creatorOf Jayne, William, 1826-1916. Papers, 1829-1904. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Robert R. Hitt Papers, 1830-1906 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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referencedIn Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881. John W. Forney papers, 1841-1881. Library of Congress
referencedIn United States. Congress. Office of the Congressional Globe. Subscription list for reprints of a speech of Senator Lyman Trumbull, 1866. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Hatch, O. M. (Ozias Mather), 1814-1893. Papers, 1818-1891, bulk 1857-1865. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Robert Carter letters from various correspondents, 1851-1898 (inclusive), 1851-1862 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894. Letter, 1870 June 6, Luzern, Switzerland, to Lyman Trumbull. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Yates, Richard, 1815-1873. Richard Yates papers, 1861-1865. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Autograph letter signed : Washington, to an unidentified recipient, 1856 Dec. 13. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Brush, George Jarvis, 1831-1912. George Jarvis Brush family papers, 1834-1960 (inclusive), 1834-1939 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Richard Yates Letters, 1860-1868. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915 Houghton Library
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creatorOf Miller, Anson S. (Anson Stowe), 1810-1891. Papers, 1841-1891, 1953. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf McClernand, John A. (John Alexander), 1812-1900. Papers, 1823-1919 [1861-1864]. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Hawley, Cyrus M. Letter : to Lyman Trumbull / by Cyrus M. Hawley, 1869 Oct 27. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Lincoln and Herndon. Bill of complainant, April 12, 1860. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Edmunds, J. M. (James Madison), 1810-1879. James M. Edmunds correspondence, 1861-1866. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Lyman Trumbull papers, 1855-1872, [microform]. Yale University Library
referencedIn George Jarvis Brush family papers, 1834-1960, 1834-1939 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Abraham Lincoln Papers, 1774-1948 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn United States. Congress. Office of the Congressional Globe. Subscription lists for reprints of congressional speeches, 1866-1870. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Carrington Family papers, 1749-1929 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Papers, 1841-1870. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Davis, David, 1815-1886. David Davis papers, 1815-1964 (bulk 1815-1886). Chicago History Museum
creatorOf Doolittle, James R. (James Rood), 1815-1897. Papers, 1856-1892. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Roske, Ralph Joseph, 1921-. His own counsel : the life of Lyman Trumbull : typescript, [ca. 1979] / by Ralph Roske. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Wallace, Joseph, 1834-1904. Lyman Trumbull, 1813-1896. Southern Adventist University
creatorOf Job, Archibald, 1784-1874. Correspondence, 1828-1847. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Springfield (Ill.)
United States
United States
Illinois
Illinois
Illinois
United States
Illinois
United States
llinois
Kansas
United States
Belleville (Ill.)
Illinois
United States
Illinois
Illinois
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Birth 1813-10-12

Death 1896-06-25

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