Sen. Lyman Trumbull

Former Senator for Illinois

Trumbull was a senator from Illinois and was a Republican. He served from 1861 to 1873.

He was previously a senator from Illinois as a Republican from 1855 to 1861.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Lyman Trumbull [R-IL, 1861-1873]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1856 to Mar 1873, Trumbull missed 1,039 of 5,918 roll call votes, which is 17.6%. This is better than the median of 31.3% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1873. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1856 Jan-Mar	32	4	12.5%	20^th
1856 Apr-Jul	133	11	8.3%	0^th
1856 Aug-Aug	124	8	6.5%	0^th
1856 Aug-Aug	16	2	12.5%	0^th
Dec 1856-Mar 1857	144	15	10.4%	0^th
Dec 1857-Feb 1858	57	9	15.8%	57^th
1858 Mar-May	217	30	13.8%	43^rd
1858 Jun-Jun	121	24	19.8%	29^th
Dec 1858-Mar 1859	269	49	18.2%	43^rd
1857 Mar-Mar	29	4	13.8%	0^th
1858 Jun-Jun	9	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1859-Feb 1860	43	9	20.9%	50^th
1860 Mar-May	158	34	21.5%	50^th
1860 Jun-Jun	132	19	14.4%	25^th
Dec 1860-Mar 1861	232	20	8.6%	22^nd
1859 Mar-Mar	32	2	6.2%	25^th
1860 Jun-Jun	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1861 Jul-Aug	79	5	6.3%	30^th
Dec 1861-Feb 1862	73	4	5.5%	55^th
1862 Mar-May	146	8	5.5%	27^th
1862 Jun-Jul	214	20	9.3%	36^th
Dec 1862-Mar 1863	247	20	8.1%	36^th
1861 Mar-Mar	42	2	4.8%	10^th
Dec 1863-Feb 1864	69	14	20.3%	62^nd
1864 Mar-May	167	49	29.3%	85^th
1864 Jun-Jul	181	36	19.9%	38^th
Dec 1864-Mar 1865	161	26	16.1%	33^rd
1863 Mar-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1865-Feb 1866	39	3	7.7%	26^th
1866 Mar-May	102	7	6.9%	6^th
1866 Jun-Jul	137	14	10.2%	5^th
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	217	56	25.8%	53^rd
1865 Mar-Mar	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1867 Mar-Apr	98	20	20.4%	48^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	3	8.6%	15^th
1867 Nov-Nov	4	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	55	9	16.4%	37^th
1868 Mar-May	180	22	12.2%	29^th
1868 Jun-Jul	187	44	23.5%	31^st
1868 Sep-Sep	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	156	34	21.8%	40^th
1869 Mar-Apr	59	7	11.9%	19^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	81	9	11.1%	35^th
1870 Mar-May	168	32	19.0%	26^th
1870 Jun-Jul	215	52	24.2%	35^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	194	62	32.0%	54^th
1869 Apr-Apr	25	1	4.0%	10^th
1871 Mar-Apr	61	17	27.9%	67^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	79	9	11.4%	10^th
1872 Mar-May	339	101	29.8%	30^th
1872 Jun-Jun	93	36	38.7%	57^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	195	66	33.8%	61^st
1871 May-May	36	11	30.6%	59^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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