VICKERS, George, senator, born in Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, 19 November, 1801 ; died there, 8 October, 1879. He acquired a classical education, was employed in the county clerk's office for several years, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and practised in Chestertown. He was a delegate to the Whig national convention of 1852. When the civil war began he was appointed major-general of the state militia. He was a presidential elector on the McClellan ticket in 1864, and one of the vice-presidents of the Union convention of 1866. In 1866-'7 he was a member of the state senate. In 1868 he was elected United States senator for the term that ended on 3 March, 1873, in the place of Philip F. Thomas, who had been denied the seat. He took a conspicuous part in the debate on the 15th amendment to the Federal constitution.