Hiram Walbridge

Who was Hiram Walbridge?

Hiram Walbridge was a U.S. Representative from New York, cousin of Henry Sanford Walbridge.

Born in Ithaca, New York, Walbridge moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Toledo in 1836. 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 served as member of the board of aldermen. He moved to New York City in 1847 and continued mercantile pursuits.

Walbridge was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress. 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, Washington, D.C.