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Jul 06, 1821 Limestone County, Alabama, United States Died on 27 Jul 1907 (aged 86)
American politician
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About Edmund Pettus
- Edmund Winston Pettus (born July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was an American politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907.
- He previously served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
- After the war, he was politically active in the Ku Klux Klan, serving as a grand dragon.The Edmund Pettus Bridge across the Alabama River in Selma was named in his honor, and later became a landmark of the American civil rights movement.
