Legislator Details


Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge
AKA:
Number of sessions served 2
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 35

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 6/18/1821
City: Horseheads, NY
County: Chemung County, NY
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 4/20/1881
City: Birmingham, MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country:
Type of Burial: interred
Burial
Date:
City: Birmingham, MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Mary Ann Satterlee, dau. of Samuel and Susan (West) Satterlee, 11/20/1851 in Oakland Co., MI; children Susan, Stephen V., Tilman C. and Samuel S.

Number of Children: 4

Background

Religion: Episcopalian
Military Service:
Occupation: farmer
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
pioneer schools of Michigan; graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, OH in 1841;

Biographical Sketch:
Moved with his parents, Stephen Van Rensselaer Trowbridge and Elizabeth (Conkling) Trowbridge, in 1821 to Troy township, Oakland Co., MI, among the first settlers of the area. As an adult he maintained their home on his farm near Gilbert lake, in Bloomfield township, and in 1859 he traded this property for a grist mill in Birmingham. He served as supervisor of Bloomfield township. President Hayes appointed him Indian commissioner, a position he held until his death in 1881.

Notable Facts:
Elected as a Republican to the 37th Congress (3/4/1861-3/3/1863); elected to the 39th-40th Congresses (3/4/1865-3/3/1869);chairman, Committee on Agriculture (40th Congress);Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1880 and 1881. He was roommates with Rutherford B. Hayes in college.

Sessions Served:

Twentieth Legislature, 1859-1860
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Finance , Asylums for Deaf, Dumb and Blind, House of Correction, Public Lands
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Birmingham
County of Residence Oakland
District: 5
District Description: Townships of Oxford, Orion, Pontiac, Bloomfield, Southfield, Royal Oak, Troy, Avon, Oakland, Addison and Farmington in Oakland County

Date Elected: 11/2/1858
Date Sworn In: 1/5/1859
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Unknown
Notes:
Nineteenth Legislature, 1857-1858
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Supplies and Expenditures
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Birmingham
County of Residence Oakland
District: 5
District Description:

Date Elected: 11/4/1856
Date Sworn In: 1/7/1857
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status: Married
Notes:

Bibliography:

CongBio p.1964; MIMar 1822-1995; USCen 1880; AVERY p.421-23; Manual 1857 p.35
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