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Trumbull (LYMAN an American statesman)

LYMAN, an American statesman; born in Colchester, Conn., TRUMPETER Oct 12, 1813; removed to Belleville, Ill., in 1837; became secretary of state of Illinois in 1841; and justice of the Supreme Court of the State in 1848. In 1854 he was elected to Congress as a Democrat, and in 1855 was chosen United States senator. He joined the Republican party on the anti-slavery principle, in 1860, and supported Abraham Lincoln; was re-elected to the Senate; secured the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment; and was one of the Republicans who voted against the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Later, he became a Democrat. He died in Chicago, Ill., June 25, 1896.

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