Background
Edwards was born in Kentucky in 1812 and named after Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
assistant President of the United States
Edwards was born in Kentucky in 1812 and named after Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
United States Military Academy.
His father was Illinois Governor and United States. Senator, Ninian He graduated from West Point and was stationed near Saint Louis, Missouri. Edwards fought for the Union during the American Civil War and was rewarded for his effort by President Lincoln who named him United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the Treasury in April, 1865. Later, in 1887, at the age of 75, he founded the brokerage firm that bore his name, A. G. He is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery in Saint Louis.
