CHAPTER XXVII

LATER YEARS

Trumbull's senatorial term expires in 1873--Not reëlected--He resumes the practice of law in Chicago--The second Grant administration worse than the first--The Republican party beaten in the congressional elections of 1874--The Hayes-Tilden campaign in 1876--Disputed returns in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida--The Electoral Commission--"Visiting Statesmen" sent to Louisiana to watch the count of the votes--Trumbull chosen as one of them--Chosen also to support Tilden's claim before the electoral commission--His argument thereon--E. W. Stoughton, in behalf of Hayes, contends that the returns of election certified by the governor of a state must be accepted--Also that the status of a governor recognized by the President of the United States cannot be questioned--Both these contentions are sustained by the Electoral Commission--By a vote of 8 to 7 Hayes is declared elected President--Trumbull's marriage to Miss Mary Ingraham--He is nominated for governor of Illinois by the Democrats in 1880--Is defeated by Shelby M. Cullom--My last meeting with Trumbull at the World's Columbian Exposition--Trumbull's professional services in the Debs case--His public speech, after the case was decided--He sides with the Populist party--Prepares their declaration of principles in December, 1894--Text of the Declaration 407