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| Keywords: George F. Edmunds - Brady-Handy.jpg Edmunds Hon Geo F of Vt Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 05024 CALL NUMBER LC-BH832- 29562 A <P P>P P between 1865 1880 Creator Mathew Brady Creator Levin Corot Handy PD LOC-image cwpbh 05024 February 1 1828 February 27 1919 was a U S Senator from Vermont from 1866 to 1891 He was born in Richmond He began the practice of law in 1849 He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1854 1855 1857 1858 and 1859 acting for the last two years as speaker and was a member and president pro tem of the state Senate during 1861-1862 In 1866 he became a member as a Republican of the United States Senate where he remained until 1891 when he resigned in order to have more time for the practice of his profession He took an active part in the attempt to impeach President Johnson He was influential in providing for the electoral commission to decide the disputed presidential election of 1876 and became one of the commissioners In the national Republican nominating conventions of 1880 and 1884 he was a candidate for the presidential nomination From 1882 to 1885 he was president pro tem of the Senate As senator he was conspicuous on account of his legal and parliamentary attainments his industry and his liberal opinions He was the author of the so-called Edmunds Act 22 March 1882 for the suppression of polygamy in Utah and of the antitrust law of 1890 popularly known as the Sherman Act From 1890 to 1891 he served as chairman of the U S Senate Committee to Establish a University of the United States This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-Brady-Handy Photographs by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy Edmunds George F George F Edmunds Edmunds George F | ||||
