Talk:Lyman Trumbull

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02:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)68.38.26.236J I find the note that Lyman Trumbull served "along side" Stephen A. Douglas amusing and inaccurate.

Before the 1856 Election James Shields was the Junior Senator from Illinois. Shields was a Douglas Democrat and Stephen Douglas very much wanted him re-elected.

Shields ran on the regular Democratic ticket. Abraham Lincoln was the Republican. Lyman Trumbull ran as a Free Soil Democrat. Stephen Douglas despised Free Soil Democrats in general and Lyman Trumbull in particular. They were worst than the hated Republican Abolitionists because they were turncoat Democrats and their betrayal threatened the national party. In those days Illinois had indirect election of Senator with each member of the Illinois Legislature having one vote. During the election Lincoln ran well but not quite well enough. Rather than see a regular Democrat elected he turned his vote over to Trumbull who opposed Douglas even more strongly than Lincoln did. Trumbull won. It was a real defeat for Douglas.68.38.26.236 02:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)John Rydberg