Edward John Phelps, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward John Phelps

(1822–1900) American lawyer and diplomat

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1822

Place of Birth: Middlebury, Vermont, United States

Date of Death: 09-Mar-1900

Profession: lawyer, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Edward John Phelps

  • Edward John Phelps (July 11, 1822 – March 9, 1900) was a lawyer and diplomat from Vermont.
  • He is notable for his service as Envoy to Court of St.
  • James's from 1885 to 1889.
  • In addition, Phelps was a founder of the American Bar Association, and served as its president from 1880 to 1881. A prominent Democrat even as Vermont was trending towards the Republicans, Phelps was the son of Senator Samuel S.
  • Phelps and his first wife, Frances (Shurtleff) Phelps.
  • Edward Phelps graduated from Middlebury College in 1840, taught school in Virginia, and studied for a career as an attorney, first at Yale Law School, and then in the office of Middlebury attorney Horatio Seymour.
  • He practiced in Burlington, and served as Second Comptroller of the Treasury from 1851 to 1853.
  • He supported the Union, but as a critic of what he regarded as the excesses of the Abraham Lincoln administration.
  • He served as a delegate to the Vermont constitutional convention of 1870, and was one of the founders of the American Bar Association.
  • Phelps served as ABA president from 1880 to 1881.
  • In 1880, he was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of Vermont. Phelps was Envoy to Court of St.
  • James's in Britain from 1885 to 1889.
  • He later taught law at Yale Law School, the University of Vermont, and Boston University.
  • He supported Republicans after 1896, in response to his disagreement with the Democratic Party's turn towards the Free Silver movement.
  • He died in New Haven, Connecticut, and was buried at Greenmount Cemetery in Burlington.

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