Henry Sanford Walbridge (April 8, 1801 – January 27, 1869) was a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from New York and a cousin of

Hiram Walbridge Hiram Walbridge (February 2, 1821 – December 6, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from New York, cousin of Henry Sanford Walbridge. Life and career Walbridge was born in Ithaca, New York on February 2, 1821, a son of Chester and Mary Walbrid ...

. Born in

Norwich, Connecticut Norwich ( ) (also called "The Rose of New England") is a city in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The Yantic, Shetucket, and Quinebaug Rivers flow into the city and form its harbor, from which the Thames River flows south to Long ...

, Walbridge attended school in

Bennington, Vermont Bennington is a New England town, town in Bennington County, Vermont, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester (town), Vermont, Manchester. As of the 2020 ...

. He moved to

Ithaca, New York Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, Ithaca is the seat of Tompkins County and the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area. It is named a ...

in 1820. He studied law, was

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and commenced practice in Ithaca. He served as clerk of the board of supervisors of Tompkins County in 1824. He served as president of the village council of Ithaca, Tompkins County, in 1829 and again in 1842. He was a member of the State assembly in 1846. Walbridge was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852. He was Trustee of Ithaca Academy 1858–1868. He served as judge and surrogate of Tompkins County in 1859–1868. He moved to

Leonia, New Jersey Leonia is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 8,937,Bergen Tunnel Bergen Hill refers to the lower Hudson Palisades in New Jersey, where they emerge on Bergen Neck, which in turn is the peninsula between the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers, and their bays. In Hudson County, it reaches a height of 260 feet. Rail ...

near

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on January 27, 1869. He was interred in Ithaca City Cemetery,

. Walbridge married three times; his daughter

Alice Walbridge Gulick Alice Elmira Walbridge Gulick (February 21, 1843 — January 19, 1911), was an American teacher, hospital matron, and Christian missionary affiliated with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). Early life Alice Elmira W ...

was a Christian missionary in Spain, Cuba, Philadelphia, and Hawaii.William Gedney Wallbridge
''Descendants of Henry Wallbridge, who married Ann Amos, December 25th, 1688, at Preston, Conn, with some notes on the allied families of Brush, Fassett, Dewey, Fobes, Gager, Lehman, Meech, Stafford. Scott''
(Philadelphia Press of Franklin Printing Company 1898): 98–99.John T. Gulick
"Hawaii Cousins: Mrs. Alice E. Wallbridge Gulick"
''The Friend'' (February 1911): 17–18.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walbridge, Henry Sanford People from Leonia, New Jersey Politicians from Norwich, Connecticut 1801 births 1869 deaths Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) Burials in New York (state) 19th-century American politicians Politicians from Ithaca, New York