#1Politics & Law
Frederick E. Woodbridge
1818–1888American politician and lawyer
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Famous people · Vergennes
7 famous people were born in Vergennes from 1798 to 1985
Articles in 7 languages make the American politician and lawyer Frederick E. Woodbridge the best known. Ethan A. Hitchcock is second and Joseph K. Edgerton third. Most were born in the early republic: 6 of them. The list’s best known name, Frederick E. Woodbridge, dates from 1818.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Frederick E. Woodbridge
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1798
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Youngest
1985
Justin Levinson
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Vergennes’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Vergennes’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1810s, with 3 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawMilitarySportsFaithMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Vergennes
Leaders take two of the three places.
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What Vergennes is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Vergennes and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Frederick E. Woodbridge: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethan A. Hitchcock: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph K. Edgerton: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Porter: Old Judge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Levinson: Michael Fisher, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin F. Allen: "The Vermonter" magazine, July 1900, page 230, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons