Edmunds, George Franklin

Life Span
to
Full name
George Franklin Edmunds
Place of Birth
Richmond, VT
Burial Place
Burlington, VT
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
1
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
2
Family
Ebenezer Edmunds (father), Naomi Briggs Edmunds (mother), Susan Marsh Lyman (wife)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Government
US Senate
State legislature
Local government
Date Event
Sitting Senator Solomon Foot of Vermont dies at sixty-three years old in his residence in Washington D.C.
The U.S. Senate passes the initial version of the "Tenure of Office Act" on a vote of twenty-nine for and nine against.
In Washington D.C., President Johnson vetoes the Colorado Statehood Bill
The U.S. Senate fails to override President Johnson's veto of the Colorado Statehood Bill.
Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
Fortieth Congress of the United States
Johnson's Impeachment
Date Title
United States Congress, "An Act regulating the Tenure of certain Civil Offices," March 2, 1867
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