Lyman Trumbull
Born: October 12, 1813
Birthplace: Colchester, Connecticut
Father: Benjamin Trumbull 1769 – 1850
(Buried: East Rives Cemetery, Rives Junction, Michigan)
Mother: Elizabeth Mather 1782 – 1828
(Buried: Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, Connecticut)
1st Wife: Julia Maria Jayne 1824 – 1868
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)
2nd Wife: Mary Jane Ingraham 1843 – 1914
(Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Children:
Lyman Gershom Trumbull 1844 – 1844
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)
Walter Trumbull 1846 – 1891
(Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Lyman Perry Trumbull 1849 – 1850
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)
Perry Trumbull 1851 – 1902
(Buried: Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Arthur Trumbull 1860 – 1863
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)
Henry Trumbull 1862 – 1895
(Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Mae Trumbull 1878 – 1884
(Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Alma Ingraham Trumbull 1883 – 1894
(Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Political Party: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Liberal Republican Party, Populist Party
Occupation before War:
1829 – 1833: School Teacher in Connecticut
1833 – 1837: Attorney in Greenville, Georgia
1837 – 1848: Attorney in Belleville, Illinois
1840 – 1841: Illinois State Representative
1841 – 1843: Illinois State Secretary of State
1848 – 1853: Justice of Illinois State Supreme Court
1855 – 1873: United States Senator from Illinois
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1872: Chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee
Co – Author of the Thirteenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution
Occupation after War:
1868: Voted against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
1871: Spoke in favor of the Yellowstone National Park
1872: Receive 108 delegates for Liberal Republican Nomination
1873 – 1896: Attorney in Chicago, Illinois
1876: Campaign and Legal Advisor for Samuel J. Tilden
1880: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Illinois
1883: Given a seat at the dedication of Pullman Arcade Theatre
1894: Became a member of the Populist Political Party
Died: June 25, 1896
Place of Death: Chicago, Illinois
Age at time of Death: 82 years old
Burial Place: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Speeches:
On December 16, 1861, Trumbull asked the Senate to consider his resolution:
Resolved, That the Secretary of State be directed to inform the Senate whether, in the loyal States of the Union, any person or persons have been arrested and imprisoned and are now held in confinement by orders from him or his Department; and if so, under what law said arrests have been made, and said persons imprisoned.
"Once set the example of impeaching a President for what, when the excitement of the hour shall have subsided, will be regarded as insufficient causes, as several of those now alleged against the President were decided to be by the House of Representatives only a few months since, and no future President will be safe who happens to differ with a majority of the House and two-thirds of the Senate on any measure deemed by them important, particularly if of a political character. Blinded by partisan zeal, with such an example before them, they will not scruple to remove out of the way any obstacle to the accomplishment of their purposes, and what then becomes of the checks and balances of the Constitution, so carefully devised and so vital to its perpetuity? They are all gone."
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