EDMUNDS, GEORGE FRANKLIN Amer ican lawyer and political leader, was born in Richmond, Vt., on Feb. 1, 1828. He began the practice of law in 1849. He was a member of the Vermont house of representatives acting for the last two years as speaker, and was a member and president pro teen. of the state senate (1861-62). In 1866 he be came a member, as a Republican, of the U.S. Senate, where he remained until 1891, when he resigned in order to have more time for the practice of his profession. He took an active part in the attempt to impeach President Johnson. He was influential in establishing the electoral commission to decide the disputed presi dential election of 1876, and became one of the commissioners. In the national Republican nominating conventions of 188o and 1884 he was a candidate for the presidential nomination. From 1882 to 1885 he was president pro tern. of the Senate. As senator he was conspicuous on account of his legal and parliamentary attainments, his industry and his liberal opinions. He was the author of the so-called Edmunds Act (1882) for the suppression of polygamy in Utah, and of the anti-trust law of 189o, popularly known as the Sherman Act. He died in Pasadena, Cal., on Feb. 27, 1919.