The Backus and Woodbridges
- William Woodbridge (1780–1860), Ohio State Representative 1807, Ohio State Senator 1813-1815, Secretary of the Michigan Territory 1815-1828, U.S. Congressional Delegate from Michigan 1819-1820, Justice of the Michigan Territory Supreme Court 1828-1832, delegate to the Michigan Constitutional Convention 1835, candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1835, Michigan State Senator 1838-1840, Governor of Michigan 1840-1841, U.S. Senator from Michigan 1841-1847. Father-in-law of Henry T. Backus.
- Henry T. Backus (1809–1877), Michigan State Representative 1840, delegate to the Michigan Constitutional Convention 1850, Michigan State Senator 1861-1862, Justice of the Arizona Territory Supreme Court 1865-1869. Son-in-law of William Woodbridge.
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