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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Woodbridge, William
Woodbridge, William, a Delegate and a Senator from Michigan; born in Norwich, Conn., August 20, 1780; moved with his father to Marietta, Ohio, in 1791 but in a few years returned to Litchfield, Conn., and studied law; returned to Ohio in 1799; was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1806 and commenced the practice of law in Marietta; member of the State house of representatives in 1807; prosecuting attorney for New London (now Washington) County, Ohio, 1808-1814; served in the State senate 1808-1814; moved to Detroit, Mich.; collector of customs at Detroit, Mich., from January 24, 1814, to June 12, 1829; appointed secretary of Michigan Territory on October 5, 1814, and served until appointed judge of the Territory on January 15, 1828; elected as a Delegate to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1819, to August 9, 1820, when he resigned; was judge of the supreme court of Michigan Territory from 1828 to 1832; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1835; member of the State senate in 1837; Governor of Michigan in 1840 and 1841; elected by a combination of Whigs and Democrats to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1847; retired from public life and devoted his time to horticulture; died in Detroit, Mich., October 20, 1861; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
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Chicago:
U.S. Congress, "Woodbridge, William," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.2041 Original Sources, accessed July 14, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L1UQ8REH5ITWEDV.
MLA:
U.S. Congress. "Woodbridge, William." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.2041, Original Sources. 14 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L1UQ8REH5ITWEDV.
Harvard:
U.S. Congress, 'Woodbridge, William' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.2041. Original Sources, retrieved 14 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L1UQ8REH5ITWEDV.
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