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Feb 01, 1828 Richmond, Vermont, United States Died on 27 Feb 1919 (aged 91)
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About George F. Edmunds
- George Franklin Edmunds (February 1, 1828 – February 27, 1919) was a Republican U.S.
- Senator from Vermont.
- Before entering the U.S.
- Senate, he served in a number of high-profile positions, including Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, and President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate. Edmunds was born in Richmond, Vermont and began to study law while still a teenager; he proved an adept student, and was admitted to the bar as soon as he reached the minimum required age of 21.
- He practiced in Burlington and became active in local politics and government. After terms in the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont State Senate, Edmunds was appointed to the U.S.
- Senate in 1866, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Solomon Foot.
- He was subsequently elected by the Vermont General Assembly, and reelected in 1868, 1874, 1880, and 1886.
- Edmunds served from April 1866 until resigning in November 1891.
- As a longtime member of the U.S.
- Senate, he served in a variety of leadership posts, including chairman of the Committee on Pensions, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Private Land Claims, and the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- He was also the leader of the Senate's Republicans in his roles as President pro tempore of the Senate and chairman of the Republican Conference. Edmunds was an unsuccessful candidate for president at the 1880 and 1884 Republican National Conventions. After leaving the Senate he practiced law in Philadelphia.
- He later lived in retirement in Pasadena, California, where he died in 1919.
- He was buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Burlington, Vermont.
