Woodbridge, William, 1780-1861

LC control no.	n 88159841
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Woodbridge, William, 1780-1861 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1780-08-20
Death date	1861-10-20
Place of birth	Norwich (Conn.)
Place of death	Detroit (Mich.)
Affiliation	Ohio. General Assembly. Senate Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives Michigan. Legislature. Senate United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Whig Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers Secretaries Judges Governors
Found in	NUCMC data from Monroe County Hist. Mus. Archives, Monroe, Mich., for Noble, C. Papers, 1821-1869 (William Woodbridge; Mich. gov. and senator) LC manual cat. (hdg.: Woodbridge, William, 1780-1861) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 15, 2024: (Woodbridge, William, a Delegate and a Senator from Michigan; born in Norwich, Conn., August 20, 1780; studied law; moved to Ohio in 1799; admitted to the Ohio bar in 1806 and commenced the practice of law in Marietta; member, State House of Representatives 1807; prosecuting attorney for New London (now Washington) County, Ohio, 1808-1814; member, State Senate 1808-1814; moved to Detroit, Mich.; collector of customs, Michigan Territory 1814-1829; appointed secretary of Michigan Territory in 1814, and served until appointed judge of the Territory in 1828; elected as a Delegate to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1819, to August 9, 1820, when he resigned; judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan Territory 1828-1832; delegate to the State constitutional convention 1835; member, State Senate 1838-1839; Governor of Michigan 1840-1841; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1847; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-eighth Congress), Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Twenty-ninth Congress); retired from public life and devoted his time to horticulture; died in Detroit, Mich., October 20, 1861; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.)
Associated language	eng