Lyman Trumbull was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who represented the state of Illinois in the United States Senate from 1855 to 1873. Trumbull was a leading abolitionist attorney and key p
Trumbull c. 1870
As a young man, Trumbull relocated from Connecticut to Illinois, where his home in Alton is now a National Historic Site.
In 1855, Trumbull overcame Abraham Lincoln to win his first election as United States Senator. Lincoln endorsed Trumbull for the seat, and they became allies and co-leaders of the new Republican Party of Illinois.
Illustration of Senator Trumbull motioning on May 6, 1868, for the arrest of disorderly spectators at the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson
The Liberal Republican Party was an American political party that was organized in May 1872 to oppose the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant and his Radical Republican supporters in the presiden
Lyman Trumbull
…Died June 25, 1896 (aged 82) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Resting place Oak Woods Cemetery Party Democratic (before 1857, 1872–1894) Republican (1857–1870) Liberal Republican (1870–1872) Populist (1894–1896) Spouse(s) Julia Jayne Mary Ingram Children Walter Relatives Benjamin Trumbull (grandfather) Signature Lyman Trumbull…
Liberal Republican campaign poster
Interior of the convention hall during the announcement of Horace Greeley as the party's nominee for president in 1872
Liberal Republican "conspirators" in a political cartoon from Harper's Weekly of March 16, 1872