Frederick E. Woodbridge

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Frederick Enoch Woodbridge
Eliakim Persons Walton
Succeeded byCharles W. Willard
11th Vermont Auditor of Accounts
In office
1850-1853
GovernorCharles K. Williams
Erastus Fairbanks
Preceded bySilas H. Hodges
Succeeded byWilliam M. Pingry
Member of the Vermont Senate from the Addison District
In office
1859-1861
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1849
1857–1858
Mayor of Vergennes, Vermont
In office
1844-1849
Member of the Vergennes City Council
In office
1843-1844
Personal details
Born(1818-08-29)August 29, 1818
Vergennes, Vermont, US
DiedApril 25, 1888(1888-04-25) (aged 69)
Vergennes, Vermont, US
Citizenship United States
Political partyNational Republican until 1840s
Republican after 1855
SpouseMary Parkhurst Woodbridge
ChildrenEnoch Day Woodbridge
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer

Frederick Enoch Woodbridge (August 29, 1818 – April 25, 1888) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Vermont. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.

Biography

Woodbridge was born in Vergennes, Vermont, son of Enoch D. Woodbridge and Clara (Strong) Woodbridge.[1] His grandfather Enoch Woodbridge served as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court,[2] and his grandfather Samuel Strong and great-grandfather John Strong, were prominent military and political leaders of early Vermont.[3] He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1840. He studied law with his father and was admitted to the bar in 1843. He began the practice of law in Vergennes.[4]

Woodbridge was elected as a city councilor for two years and the mayor of Vergennes for five. He later served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1849, 1857 and 1858, and was the Vermont Auditor of Accounts from 1850 until 1852. He was a prosecuting attorney from 1854 to 1858.[5] He engaged in the construction of railroads and was vice-president of the Rutland and Washington Railroad.[6] Woodbridge served in the Vermont Senate in 1860 and 1861,[7] serving as president pro tempore in the latter year.[8]

Woodbridge was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1862, serving from 1863 to 1869.[9][10] He was a major proponent of the Expatriation Act of 1868.[11]

After leaving Congress, Woodbridge resumed practicing law in Vergennes and became mayor in 1879.[12] Stephen Bates, his coachman and an emancipated slave, served as sheriff of Vergennes for 25 years.[13]

Woodbridge died in Vergennes on April 25, 1888. He is interred in Prospect Cemetery in Vergennes.[12]

Personal life

Woodbridge was married to Mary Parkhurst Woodbridge. Their son Enoch Day Woodbridge was a surgeon at

Bellevue Hospital.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Woodbridge, Frederick S., b. 1818 VT". genealogy.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  2. ^ Ullery, Jacob G. (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated. Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. p. 176.
  3. ^ Grand Lodge of Vermont (1879). Records of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Vermont. Burlington, VT: The Free Press Association. pp. 35–36 – via Google Books.
  4. ISBN 9780160731761
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  5. ^ Proctor, Redfield and Charles H. Davenport (1894). Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont. Transcript Publishing Company. pp. 157. frederick woodbridge.
  6. ^ "Frederick E. Woodbridge". Vermont in the Civil War. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  7. ^ "Woodbridge, Frederick Enoch (1818-1888)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  8. ^ "Vermont Senate Presidents Pro Tempore". Vermont Legislature. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  9. ^ "WOODBRIDGE, Frederick Enoch, (1818 - 1888)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  10. ^ "Rep. Frederick Woodbridge". Govtrack.us. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  11. OCLC 51726670
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  12. ^ a b "WOODBRIDGE, Frederick Enoch, (1818 - 1888)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  13. ^ Epp, Henry (2021-02-08). "Reporter Debrief: Meet Stephen Bates, Vt.'s First Black Sheriff In Vergennes". Vermont Public. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  14. ^ Yale University. Class of 1868 (1914). History of the class of 1868: Yale College, 1864-1914. The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor press. pp. 307. frederick woodbridge .{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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Political offices
Preceded by Vermont Auditor of Accounts
1850 – 1853 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Vermont's 1st congressional district
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 		Succeeded by
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