[1] He graduated from Morristown's People's Academy and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont (UVM) in 1855.

[2] Powers graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UVM and was initiated into Delta Psi.

[9] In 1896, Powers sponsored a controversial bill that would have allowed the Central Pacific Railroad to obtain a 75-year delay in paying off a 30-year-old debt to the government.

[13] The bill inspired a campaign of opposition led by publisher William Randolph Hearst and his employees, journalists Ambrose Bierce and Frank Norris.

[9] After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Morrisville, Vermont, and was chief counsel for the Rutland Railroad.

[7] George Powers was the husband of Gertrude Francis Woodbury, whose father was Governor Urban A.

[3] The Horace Henry Powers House in Morrisville is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[18] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress