[2] In 1884 Vredenburgh was nominated by the Republicans of Monmouth County, New Jersey, as their candidate for the state senate.
On the eve of the election, the opposing parties effected a fusion, resulting in Vredenburgh's defeat.
[2] He was thereafter appointed Advisory Master in Chancery, and in 1894 was elected president of the First National Bank of Freehold.
[2] On January 12, 1898, he was nominated for a full term of six years by the same Governor, and was confirmed by the Senate six days later.
[4] Vredenburgh died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Freehold, at nearly eighty years old.