Lyman Trumbull
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United States Senator from Illinois |
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In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1873 |
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| Preceded by | James Shields |
| Succeeded by | Richard J. Oglesby |
| Secretary of State of Illinois | |
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In office 1841–1843 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen A. Douglas |
| Succeeded by | Thompson Campbell |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
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In office 1840 |
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October 12, 1813 Colchester, Connecticut, US |
| Died | June 25, 1896 (aged 82) Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Political party | Democrat, Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Jayne Mary Jane Ingram |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
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Lyman Trumbull (October 12, 1813 – June 25, 1896) was a United States Senator from Illinois during the American Civil War, and co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Lyman Trumbull was born in Colchester, Connecticut, the grandson of the historian Benjamin Trumbull. After graduating from Bacon Academy, he taught school from 1829 to 1833.
At 20, he was hired as head of an academy in Georgia. He studied (read the law) as a legal apprentice, and was admitted to the bar in Georgia. He practiced law in Greenville, Georgia until 1837, when he moved west to Alton, Illinois. His house in Alton, the Lyman Trumbull House, is a National Historic Monument.
By 1840, Trumbull was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. He was appointed as Illinois Secretary of State, serving from 1841-1843. In 1848, he was appointed as a justice on the Supreme Court of Illinois, serving until 1853.
Although elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1854, he was elected by the state legislature to serve in the United States Senate before he could take his seat. He served for nearly two decades, from 1855 through 1873. During this time, he claimed party affiliations with the Democrats, the Republicans, the Liberal Republicans, and finally the Democrats again.
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