Lyman Trumbull

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United States senator human lawyer politician

Lyman Trumbull was a 19th-century American politician and U.S. senator from Illinois who played a key role in the abolition of slavery and the shaping of Reconstruction-era legislation.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States senator → human → lawyer → politician →
burialPlace	Oak Woods Cemetery →
collaboratedWith	Abraham Lincoln →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1813-10-12 →
dateOfDeath	1896-06-25 →
educatedAt	Bacon Academy →
endTime	1873-03-03 →
familyName	Trumbull →
gender	male →
givenName	Lyman →
heldJudicialOfficeIn	Illinois →
knownFor	leading role in abolition of slavery in the United States → shaping Reconstruction-era legislation →
memberOf	Democratic Party (United States) → Liberal Republican Party (United States) → Republican Party (United States) → United States Senate →
name	Lyman Trumbull →
nationality	American →
notableWork	co-author of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 → co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → sponsor of the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill →
occupation	judge → lawyer → politician →
placeOfBirth	Colchester, Connecticut →
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois →
politicalAlignment	anti-slavery →
positionHeld	Chair of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee → United States senator →
practicedLawIn	Illinois →
represented	Illinois →
residence	Alton, Illinois → Chicago, Illinois →
servedAs	Illinois Secretary of State → justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois →
startTime	1855-03-04 →
stateRepresentedInSenate	Illinois →
termEndAsUSSenatorFromIllinois	1873 →
termStartAsUSSenatorFromIllinois	1855 →
tookPositionOn	opposed removal of Andrew Johnson from office →
votedOn	impeachment of Andrew Johnson →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Radical Republicanism →	hasNotableMember
Lyman Trumbull →	name
Thirteenth Amendment →	sponsoredInSenateBy