Interim Content
Trumbull, Lyman
Biography
12 Oct. 1813–25 June 1896. Teacher, lawyer, judge, statesman. Born in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut. Son of Benjamin Trumbull and Elizabeth Mather. Moved to Greenville, Meriwether Co., Georgia, 1833. Admitted to bar, 1837, in Georgia. Moved to Belleville, St. Clair Co., Illinois, 1837. Elected to Illinois legislature, 1840. Served as secretary of state, 1841–1843. Married first Julia M. Jayne, 23 June 1843, in Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois. Served as justice of Illinois Supreme Court, 1848–1853. Moved to Alton, Madison Co., Illinois, 1848. Served in U.S. Senate, 1855–1873. Moved to Springfield, by June 1860. Moved to Chicago, 1863. Known as father of Thirteenth Amendment of U.S. Constitution, 1864. Instrumental in passing first Civil Service Act in U.S., 1870. Married second Mary J. Ingraham, 3 Nov. 1877, in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Died in Chicago.
Links
papers
- Commission as Justice of the Peace, 13 June 1842
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Affidavit, 20 July 1842 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Commission from Thomas Carlin, 10 March 1841
- Introduction to Joseph Smith’s Bankruptcy
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Notice, 28 April 1842
- Order, 31 December 1842, Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842, Draft [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Thomas Ford, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Thomas Ford, 31 December 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Schedule of Creditors, circa 14–16 April 1842
- Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, William Clayton First Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, William Clayton Second Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, as Published in Illinois Register [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 6 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842, James Sloan Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842, Sylvester Emmons and William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 8 June 1841 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Gender
- Male