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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | Theodore Frelinghuysen |
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Newark, New Jersey , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 28, 1787
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| Died | April 12, 1862
(75 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Mar 28, 2024 12:17am |
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| Info | (son of Frederick Frelinghuysen, uncle and adoptive father of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, and great-great-uncle of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr.), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Millstone, N.J., March 28, 1787; pursued classical studies and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1804; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1808 and commenced practice in Newark, N.J.; served as captain of Volunteer Militia in the War of 1812; attorney general of New Jersey 1817-1829, when he resigned; declined the office of justice of the State supreme court in 1826; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1826; elected to the United States Senate in 1828 and served from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1835; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-eighth Congress); resumed the practice of law in Newark, N.J.; mayor of Newark 1837-1838; chancellor of New York University 1839-1850; very active in religious organizations throughout his life; vice president of the American Colonization Society; unsuccessful Whig candidate for vice president on the ticket with Henry Clay in 1844; president of Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., from 1850 until his death in New Brunswick, N.J., April 12, 1862; interment in First Reformed Church Cemetery.
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