Document by the Chicago Bar nominating William G. Ewing to become a candidate for nomination into the bar. Hand signed back then by members of the Chicago Bar including Lymond Trumbull, William W. Case, Percy Trumbull, Arthur H. Willitt, and Richard H. Born in Colchester, Connecticut, Trumbull established a law practice in Greenville, Georgia, before moving to Alton, Illinois, in 1837. He served as the Illinois Secretary of State from 1841 to 1843 and as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court from 1848 to 1853. He was elected to the Senate in 1855 and became a member of the Republican Party. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1861 to 1873, he co-wrote the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. In the 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, Trumbull voted to acquit Johnson despite heavy pressure from other Republican senators. He was a candidate for the presidential nomination at the 1872 Liberal Republican convention but the fledgling party nominated Horace Greeley instead. Trumbull left the Senate in 1873 to establish a legal practice in Chicago. Before his death in 1896, he became a member of the Populist Party and represented Eugene V. Debs before the Supreme Court of the United States. Mes with a full Letter of Authenticity from Todd Mueller Authentics. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Autographs\Historical”. The seller is “toddmuellerautographs” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Industry: Historical
- Signed by: Lyman Trumbull
- Signed: Yes
- Autograph Authentication: Yes
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Modified Item: No
