“Once in office, I will not consider myself the representative of any party, but the servant of the whole people.”

— Lyman Trumbull

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About Lyman Trumbull

Politician • American

Lyman Trumbull was an influential American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1855 to 1873. He was a key figure during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, initially as a Democrat before...

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