Frederick E. Woodbridge

Frederick Enoch Woodbridge
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Vermont's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1863 โ€“ March 3, 1869
Preceded byEliakim 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
1857โ€“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. His grandfather Enoch Woodbridge served as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and his grandfather Samuel Strong and great-grandfather John Strong, were prominent military and political leaders of early Vermont. 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.

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. He engaged in the construction of railroads and was vice-president of the Rutland and Washington Railroad. Woodbridge served in the Vermont Senate in 1860 and 1861, serving as president pro tempore in the latter year.

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

After leaving Congress, he resumed practicing law until his death in Vergennes, Vermont on April 25, 1888. He is interred in Prospect Cemetery in Vergennes.

Personal life

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


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