Background
Walbridge, Hiram was born on February 2, 1821 in Ithaca, New York, United States.
United States representative politician
Walbridge, Hiram was born on February 2, 1821 in Ithaca, New York, United States.
He attended the public schools and the University of Ohio at Athens. He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Toledo. He was appointed brigadier general of militia in 1843. He moved to New York and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Buffalo.
He moved to New York City in 1847 and continued mercantile pursuits.
Walbridge was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854.
He resumed his former pursuits in New York City. He was an unsuccessful Union candidate for election in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress.
He served as president of the International Commercial Convention held in Detroit, Michigan, July 11, 1865.
Walbridge was elected as a delegate to the Southern Loyalist Convention at Philadelphia in 1866. He died in New York City December 6, 1870. He was interred in Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia
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