Edmunds, George

FRANKLIN, lawyer and statesman, born at Richmond, Vt., Feb. 1, 1828; studied law and was called to the bar (1849); served in the State legislature and Senate; in 1866 was appointed to fill a vacancy in the U. S. Senate, to which position he was four times reëlected, being for a time (1883) president pro tem. of that body. During Pres. Johnson's administration he was active in the enactment of the Tenure of Office act; he opposed the admi ion of Colorado under a constitution confining the franchise to the whites, and was the author of the acts for the suppre ion of polygamy in Utah. He resigned from the Senate in 1891 and retired to private life, residing in Philadelphia. Ed'munds, in South Dakota , a N. central co.; area , 1,154 sq. m. Rivers . The North Fork and other branches of the Snake river. Agricultuee is the principal industry. Cap . Ipswich. Pop . (1895) 2,740. Died April 16, 1892.