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After the American Civil War, Trumbull was a leading moderate Republican, favoring both civil rights for freed slaves and reconciliation with the South. In the 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, Trumbull voted to acquit Johnson despite heavy pressure from other Republican senators.
Jan 12, 2024 · Trumbull’s support for Lincoln waned after the American Civil War began. Trumbull gradually drifted toward the Radical Republicans in the Senate , who questioned the president’s ability to put down the rebellion.
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Jun 22, 2024 · Lyman Trumbull was a U.S. senator from Illinois whose independent views during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras caused him to switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican to the Liberal Republican and back to the Democratic Party in his long political career.
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Feb 6, 2024 · Trumbull’s name is attached to key Civil War-era legislation, such as the Confiscation Acts, the Habeas Corpus Act of 1867, and the 1866 Freedman’s Bureau Act. Most notable of all is his authorship of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee during the war and Reconstruction, Trumbull initiated the first and second confiscation acts, the civil rights act of 1866, the freedmen ' sbureau Extension Act (1866), and the first civil service reform legislation (1870).
Jun 11, 2018 · Following the Civil War, Trumbull worked tirelessly on behalf of civil rights legislation and the Freedmen's Bureau. Yet his moderate views on Reconstruction put him increasingly at odds with Radical Republican leaders in Congress.
Jan 12, 2024 · Although Lyman Trumbull was critical of Abraham Lincoln’s leadership during the Civil War, he supported the president’s reelection in 1864. On February 11, 1864, Lyman Trumbull guided a bill through the Senate Judiciary Committee that eventually became the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
