Frederick E. Woodbridge

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

[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.

[8] Woodbridge was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1862, serving from 1863 to 1869.

[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.