Biography

Republican Senator. Member of Michigan State Senate 5th District served two terms 1849-1850. Served as permanent chairman of the first Republican State convention held July 6, 1854, at Jackson, Michigan. U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses, 1855-1859. Appointed postmaster of Kalamazoo by President Johnson in 1860. 
 
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 Children:
  Samuel E Walbridge (1826 - 1883)*
  Frank Walbridge (1827 - 1863)*
 
*Calculated relationship