Frederick E. Woodbridge

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Biography

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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]

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