Edmunds

Edmunds, GEORGE FRANKLIN, senator, born in Richmond, Vermont, in 1828, sat in the state legislature in 1854-59, in the state senate in 1861-62, and from 1866 in the United States senate, of which he was president pro tempore after Mr Arthur became president of the United States. Here he took an active part in the prosecution of President Johnson, served on many important committees, and was author of the 'Edmunds Act' (1882) for the suppression of polygamy in Utah, as well as of a similar act passed in 1887.