Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . nallawyers of the piesent generation, was l)orn atKichmond, \ermont, on the first day of Feb-ruary, 1S2S, After a tbtiinugh preliminar\-education hestudicil law and wasaihnitted tojiractice in 1S4!(, In he remo\(>d toUlirliiigton, whcic his talents soon wiui himrecognition, ()nl\ thitc vears aftei his rem(i\al to Mur- BIOGRA PHICAL. — 1 -ERAIONT. 37 lintiton. Mr. Ivliiuiiuls was elected to tlie \er-luont legislature, in which hody he servedcontinuousl
Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . nallawyers of the piesent generation, was l)orn atKichmond, \ermont, on the first day of Feb-ruary, 1S2S, After a tbtiinugh preliminar\-education hestudicil law and wasaihnitted tojiractice in 1S4!(, In he remo\(>d toUlirliiigton, whcic his talents soon wiui himrecognition, ()nl\ thitc vears aftei his rem(i\al to Mur- BIOGRA PHICAL. — 1 -ERAIONT. 37 lintiton. Mr. Ivliiuiiuls was elected to tlie \er-luont legislature, in which hody he servedcontinuously from 1 .;4 to , three VQiWH ofwhich time heinti s|ieaker. In lcS()l-62 hewas sent to the XeiiiKint senate and duringthat term was GHu\e\\i pro icmpovc : he thenretiied to what he supposed was [iri\ate life,hut his constituents needed him. and early inthe Civil war period he was a delegate to theState convention of repuhlicans and wai deniocrats, for which hody he diew the resolutionsadopted. With \-oice and pen he hrlpeilsustain the United States government duringtlic great rehellion and to mould ]iuhlic opin- ^ c. F. EDMUNDS ion, and as a token of res[iect he was a[ipointedhy the Xeimont governor in to theUnited State senate, succeeding lion. SolomonFoot, deceased. Later he was elected hy thelegislature to till out the unexpired term, andserved continuously l)y re-election until lSi» he resigned. |)uring Mr. Ivlinuuds career in the UnitedStates .senate he was active in the inijieach-ment of .Andrew .lohnson : he sui)ported (irantin his contrri\ersy with Sumner: acted a veryinlluential part in developing the reconstruc-tion legislation, .-ilwaxs ad\ocating conser\- ati\e plans; was a memher of the electoi-alcommission in 1870-77; was the princpal ex-ponent of the Pacific lailroad Iefunding act;was noted for his legal acumen: readiness inrepartee: as a strict parliamentaiian ; for fear-lessness in opposing jiolitical johsand .steals. Onthe twe
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