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6. Feb. 2024 · The "Second Founding" mentioned in the title refers to Trumbull’s vision for the country and his anti–slavery sentiments. As a Republican congressman, Trumbull made it his mission to fulfill the goal that, in his mind, the Founding Fathers had initiated. Lyman Trumbull was born on October 12, 1813, in Colchester, Connecticut.
Background: In 1864, U. S. Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois co-authored and sponsored the 13th Amendment, which ended slavery. The Senate passed the proposed amendment on April 8, 1864 but it languished in the U. S. House. In his fourth Annual Message to Congress on December 6, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln urged the House to pass the ...
18. Feb. 2015 · The story of Lyman Trumbull’s career begins in the Age of Jackson and ends with Trumbull’s protégé, William Jennings Bryan, winning the Democratic presidential nomination in 1896. It is a story of a man who changed political parties five times, while holding fast to his fundamental principle of free labor. Even today, “The Grand Old Man ...
11. Juni 2018 · Lyman Trumbull. Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), American statesman, was an influential senator during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Lyman Trumbull was born on Oct. 12, 1813, in Colchester, Conn. He displayed unusual intellect early in his youth: at 16 he was teaching school and, 4 years later, was superintendent of an academy in Greenville, Ga.
TRUMBULL, LYMAN (1813–1896)An Illinois state supreme court judge (1848–1853) and United States senator (1855–1873), Lyman Trumbull opposed all slavery expansion before 1861, and during the secession crisis he argued that the Constitution already adequately protected slavery and no amendments, concessions, or compromises were necessary.
Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896) Lyman Trumbull could be a difficult man to like. Ward Hill Lamon wrote how Mr. Lincoln signed the Thirteenth Amendment in the spirit of the moment – even though his signature was unnecessary. “Subsequently, however, the Senate, at the instance of Senator Lyman Trumbull, who as a gifted hair-splitter, adopted a ...
Trumbull, Lyman. Lyman Trumbull grew up in New England, matured in the Deep South, and in the Midwest had a long and eventful political career driven by principle and law. He was born in Connecticut, spent several years as a school principal and lawyer in Georgia, and arrived in Belleville, Illinois in 1837.
