Rowland E. Trowbridge
Rowland E. Trowbridge | |
|---|---|
Francis W. Kellogg | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1869 | |
| Preceded by | Augustus C. Baldwin |
| Succeeded by | Omar D. Conger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 18, 1821 Michigan |
| Died | April 20, 1881 (aged 59) |
| Political party | Republican |
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge (June 18, 1821 – April 20, 1881) was an American politician from Michigan. A United States congressman from Michigan's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1863 and again from 1865 to 1869, he worked on agricultural policy and was chairman of the Committee on Agriculture during the 40th United States Congress.
For most of his life he remained a farmer but resumed a role in federal politics from 1880 to 1881 as
Biography
Early life and education
Trowbridge was born in
Trowbridge attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where befriended future U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes and future Supreme Court Associate Justice Stanley Matthews, and graduated in 1841.[2] Problems with his vision forced him to halt his ambitions for a career in law.[2]
Political career
Returning to farming after graduation, he settled in Thorndale, Michigan, in 1848 and began a political career as town supervisor.
Congress
The same year, Trowbridge was elected as a
Later federal service
Trowbridge's political career briefly resumed in the last few years of his life, when his college friend Rutherford Hayes was elected President of the United States. He served as commissioner of Indian Affairs under Hayes in 1880 and 1881.[2]
Death
He died in Birmingham, Michigan, and is interred there in Greenwood Cemetery.[3]
References
- ^ Trowbridge 1908, pp. 556–59.
- ^ a b c d e f g Trowbridge 1908, pp. 606–08.
- ^ a b c d e "Trowbridge, Rowland Ebeneezer (1821–1881)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
Bibliography
- Trowbridge, Francis Bacon (1908). The Trowbridge Genealogy: History of the Trowbridge Family in America. Vol. 1. New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
