Edmunds, George F
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 1, 1828, in Richmond, Vt. He was a member of the state legislature of Vermont in 1854-59, serving three years as speaker; and was member of the state senate, and its presiding officer pro tempore in 1861-62.
He was appointed to the United States senate as a republican to fill a vacancy in 1866; and has a since been successively re-elected four times. He was a member of the electoral commission of 1876. He was the author of the two acts passed by congress in 1882 and 1887 which effected the destruction of the polygamous system in Utah. His term of service in the senate would have expired March 3, 1893, but he resigned his office of senator on Nov. 1, 1891, and retired to private life.