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In 1856, Trumbull left the Democratic Party to become a Republican due to his anti-slavery views.<ref name=britannicabio/> His successful re-election in in 1860–61 over Democrat Samuel S. Marshall<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=22275 IL US Senate Race - Jan 09, 1861]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref> was supported by [[Abraham Lincoln]], who wrote to him:<ref name=lincolnandfriends>[http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/members-of-congress/lyman-trumbull/ Members of Congress: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896)]. ''Mr. Lincoln and Friends''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref>

In 1856, Trumbull left the Democratic Party to become a Republican due to his anti-slavery views<ref name=britannicabio/> and disillusionment with senatorial colleague [[Stephen A. Douglas]] for supporting the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]].<ref name=encyclopedia.combio/> His successful re-election in in 1860–61 over Democrat Samuel S. Marshall<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=22275 IL US Senate Race - Jan 09, 1861]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref> was supported by [[Abraham Lincoln]], who wrote to him:<ref name=lincolnandfriends>[http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/members-of-congress/lyman-trumbull/ Members of Congress: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896)]. ''Mr. Lincoln and Friends''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref>

{{cquote|Yours of the 29th. is received. The article mentioned by you, prepared for the Chicago Journal, I have not seen; nor do I wish to see it, though I heard of it a month, or more, ago. Any effort to put enmity between you and me, is as idle as the wind. I do not for a moment doubt that you, Judd, Cook, Palmer, and the republicans generally, coming from the old democratic ranks were as sincerely anxious for my success in the late contest as I myself, and the old whig republicans were. And I beg to assure you, beyond all possible cavil, that you can scarcely be more anxious to be sustained two years hence than I am that you shall be so sustained. I can not conceive it possible for me to be a rival of yours, or to take sides against you in favor of any rival. Nor do I think there is much danger of the old democratic and whig elements of our party breaking into opposing factions. They certainly shall not, if I can prevent it.|||Lincoln, February 1859}}

{{cquote|Yours of the 29th. is received. The article mentioned by you, prepared for the Chicago Journal, I have not seen; nor do I wish to see it, though I heard of it a month, or more, ago. Any effort to put enmity between you and me, is as idle as the wind. I do not for a moment doubt that you, Judd, Cook, Palmer, and the republicans generally, coming from the old democratic ranks were as sincerely anxious for my success in the late contest as I myself, and the old whig republicans were. And I beg to assure you, beyond all possible cavil, that you can scarcely be more anxious to be sustained two years hence than I am that you shall be so sustained. I can not conceive it possible for me to be a rival of yours, or to take sides against you in favor of any rival. Nor do I think there is much danger of the old democratic and whig elements of our party breaking into opposing factions. They certainly shall not, if I can prevent it.|||Lincoln, February 1859}}