He served in local offices including Justice of the Peace, and was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1852 to 1854.

In July, 1862 his successor as Marshal, Charles C. P. Baldwin, detained Partridge and others, and charged them with treason.

They were accused of protesting by cutting down an American flag at a recruiting office and then using pistols to prevent soldiers from raising it again.

Partridge initially traveled to Canada to escape arrest, but later appeared in Burlington to answer the charge and post bail.

In 1870 he was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives, losing to Republican Luke P.

They had eight children: Edward, Alliston, Charles, Robert, Marion, Mary, Martha, and William.