Английская Википедия:Frederick E. Woodbridge
Шаблон:Infobox officeholder 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
External links
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: WOODBRIDGE, Frederick Enoch, (1818 - 1888)
- Govtrack.us: Rep. Frederick Woodbridge
- Vermont in the Civil War: Frederick E. Woodbridge
- Шаблон:Find a Grave
- The Political Graveyard: Woodbridge, Frederick Enoch (1818-1888)
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