EDMUNDS George Franklin Senator VT 1828 1919 39 Senator VT Republican 40 Senator VT Republican 41 Senator VT Republican 42 Senator VT Republican 43 Senator VT Republican 44 Senator VT Republican 45 Senator VT Republican 46 Senator VT Republican 47 Senator VT Republican 48 Senator VT Republican 49 Senator VT Republican 50 Senator VT Republican 51 Senator VT Republican 52 Senator VT Republican 1866-1891 Republican Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office a Senator from Vermont; born in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vt., February 1, 1828; attended the common schools and was privately tutored; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Burlington, Vt.; member, State house of representatives 1854-1859, serving three years as speaker; member, State senate, serving as its presiding officer in 1861 and 1862; appointed on April 3, 1866, and elected on October 24, 1866, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Solomon Foot; reelected in 1868, 1874, 1880, and 1886 and served from April 3, 1866, until his resignation, effective November 1, 1891; President pro tempore of the Senate (Forty-seventh and Forty-eight Congresses); chairman, Republican Conference (Forty-ninth to Fifty-first Congresses), Committee on Pensions (Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses), Committee on the Judiciary (Forty-second to Forty-fifth Congresses, and Forty-seventh to Fifty-first Congresses), Committee on Private Land Claims (Forty-sixth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Forty-seventh Congress); appointed a member of the Electoral Commission to decide the contests in various States in the presidential election of 1876; resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, Pa.; subsequently moved to Pasadena, Calif., where he died February 27, 1919; interment in Green Mount Cemetery, Burlington, Vt. American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Adler, Selig. "The Senatorial Career of George Franklin Edmunds, 1866-1891." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois, 1934; Welch, Richard E., Jr. "George Edmunds of Vermont: Republican Half-Breed." Vermont History 36 (Spring 1968): 64-73. Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, DC Papers: 1875. 1 letter. Pierpont Morgan Library New York, NY Papers: 1883. 1 item. State University of New York Buffalo, NY Papers: Research materials for his dissertation on Edmunds in Selig Adler papers, ca. 1928-1974. Finding aid. University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department Iowa City, IA Papers: October 20, 1875. 1 letter. From William Worth Belknap. University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Library Burlington, VT Papers: 1864-1898. .5 foot. Personal correspondence and photographs. Also miscellaneous items in various collections. Adler, Selig. "The Senatorial Career of George Franklin Edmunds, 1866-1891.'' Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1934. Crockett, Walter H. "George F. Edmunds." Vermonters: A Book of Biographies. Brattleboro: Stephen Daye Press, pp. 91-95. Edmunds, George F. "Presidential Elections.'' American Law Review 12 (October 1877): 1-20. Kuntz, Norbert. "Edmunds' Contrivance: Senator George Edmunds of Vermont and the Electoral Compromise of 1877.'' Vermont History 38 (Autumn 1970): 305-15. Welch, Richard E., Jr. "George Edmunds of Vermont: Republican Half-Breed.'' Vermont History 36 (Spring 1968): 64-73. 12/21/2019 1:18:25 AM Bioguide CMS