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  Frelinghuysen, Frederick T.
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NameFrederick T. Frelinghuysen
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Newark, New Jersey , United States
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Born August 04, 1817
DiedMay 20, 1885 (67 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifedChronicler
Apr 09, 2007 05:08pm
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InfoFRELINGHUYSEN, Frederick Theodore, (nephew and adopted son of Theodore Frelinghuysen, great-nephew of Frederick Frelinghuysen, uncle of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, great-grandfather of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr.; great-great-grandfather of Rodney P. Frelinghuysen), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Millstone, N.J., August 4, 1817; graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1836; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Newark, N.J.; city attorney of Newark in 1849; member of the city council 1850; trustee of Rutgers College 1851-1885; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; attorney general of New Jersey 1861-1866; appointed and subsequently elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Wright and served from November 12, 1866, to March 3, 1869; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868; appointed United States Minister to England by President Ulysses Grant in July 1870; confirmed but declined the appointment; again elected to the United States Senate as a Republican and served from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877; appointed a member of the Electoral Commission in 1877 to decide the contests in various States in the presidential election of 1876; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Forty-second through Forty-fourth Congresses); resumed the practice of law in Newark, N.J.; appointed Secretary of State by President Chester Arthur 1881-1885; died in Newark, N.J., May 20, 1885; interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

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FAMILY
Son George Griswold Frelinghuysen 1851-1936
Grandson Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen 1882-1959
Daughter Sarah Frelinghuysen Davis 1856-1939
Granddaughter Mathilda Davis Lodge 1876-1960
Father Frederick Frelinghuysen 1788-1820
Grandfather Frederick Frelinghuysen 1753-1804
Uncle John Frelinghuysen 1776-1833
Uncle Theodore Frelinghuysen 1787-1862

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RACES
  02/12/1882 U. S. Secretary of State Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/16/1876 US Vice President - R Convention Lost 13.99% (-43.55%)
  01/01/1871 NJ US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/14/1866 NJ US Senate - Special Election Won 50.00% (+0.00%)
  02/01/1861 Washington Peace Convention - Delegate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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