| Frederick Enoch Woodbridge | |
| Image Name: | Hon. Frederick E. Woodbridge - NARA - 527187 (1).jpg |
| State1: | Vermont |
| District1: | 1st |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1863 |
| Term End1: | March 3, 1869 |
| Predecessor1: | Eliakim Persons Walton |
| Successor1: | Charles W. Willard |
| Office2: | 11th Vermont Auditor of Accounts |
| Term2: | 1850-1853 |
| Governor2: | Charles K. Williams Erastus Fairbanks |
| Predecessor2: | Silas H. Hodges |
| Successor2: | William M. Pingry |
| Office3: | Member of the Vermont Senate from the Addison District |
| Term3: | 1859-1861 |
| Office4: | Member of the Vermont House of Representatives |
| Term4: | 1849 1857–1858 |
| Office5: | Mayor of Vergennes, Vermont |
| Term5: | 1844-1849 |
| Office6: | Member of the Vergennes City Council |
| Term6: | 1843-1844 |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1818 |
| Birth Place: | Vergennes, Vermont, US |
| Death Place: | Vergennes, Vermont, US |
| Spouse: | Mary Parkhurst Woodbridge |
| Children: | Enoch Day Woodbridge |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Politician, Lawyer |
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge (August 29, 1818 - April 25, 1888) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Vermont. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Woodbridge was born in Vergennes, Vermont, son of Enoch D. Woodbridge and Clara (Strong) Woodbridge.[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.[3] He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1840. He studied law with his father and was admitted to the bar in 1843. He began the practice of law in Vergennes.[4]
Woodbridge was elected as a city councilor for two years and the mayor of Vergennes for five. He later served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1849, 1857 and 1858, and was the Vermont Auditor of Accounts from 1850 until 1852. He was a prosecuting attorney from 1854 to 1858.[5] He engaged in the construction of railroads and was vice-president of the Rutland and Washington Railroad.[6] Woodbridge served in the Vermont Senate in 1860 and 1861,[7] serving as president pro tempore in the latter year.[8]
Woodbridge was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1862, serving from 1863 to 1869.[9] [10] He was a major proponent of the Expatriation Act of 1868.[11]
After leaving Congress, Woodbridge resumed practicing law in Vergennes and became mayor in 1879. Stephen Bates, his coachman and an emancipated slave, served as sheriff of Vergennes for 25 years.[12]
Woodbridge died in Vergennes on April 25, 1888. He is interred in Prospect Cemetery in Vergennes.[13]
Woodbridge was married to Mary Parkhurst Woodbridge. Their son Enoch Day Woodbridge was a surgeon at Bellevue Hospital.[14]