List of United States Political Families (S) - The Sibleys and Trowbridges

The Sibleys and Trowbridges

• Solomon Sibley (1769–1846), member of the Northwest Territory Legislature, U.S. Attorney of Michigan Territory 1815-1823, U.S. Congressional Delegate from Michigan Territory 1820-1823, Justice of the Michigan Territory Supreme Court 1824-1827, Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory Supreme Court 1827-1837. Father of Henry Hastings Sibley.
  • Henry Hastings Sibley (1811–1891), Justice of the Peace in Iowa Territory, U.S. Congressional Delegate from the Wisconsin Territory 1848-1849, member of the Minnesota Territory Legislature 1855, delegate to the Minnesota Constitutional Convention 1857, Governor of Minnesota 1858-1860. Son of Solomon Sibley.
  • Charles Christopher Trowbridge, Mayor of Detroit, Michigan 1834; candidate for Governor of Michigan 1837. Son-in-law of Solomon Sibley.

NOTE: Henry Hastings Sibley was also son-in-law of Pennsylvania State Representative James Steele and brother-in-law of U.S. Representative James Leeper Johnson.