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Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
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29th United States Secretary of State
In office
December 19, 1881 – March 6, 1885
President Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Preceded by James G. Blaine
Succeeded by Thomas F. Bayard
United States Senator
from New Jersey
In office
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877
Preceded by Alexander G. Cattell
Succeeded by John R. McPherson
In office
November 12, 1866 – March 3, 1869
Preceded by William Wright
Succeeded by
22nd Attorney General of New Jersey
In office
1861–1867
Preceded by William L. Dayton
Succeeded by George M. Robeson
Personal details
Born (1817-08-04)August 4, 1817
Millstone, New Jersey
Died May 20, 1885(1885-05-20) (aged 67)
Newark, New Jersey
Political party Whig, Republican
Spouse(s) Matilda Elizabeth Griswold
Relations Frederick Frelinghuysen (father)
Children Frederick Frelinghuysen
Alma mater Rutgers College
Profession Lawyer, politician
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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817 – May 20, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey who served as a U.S. Senator and later as United States Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur.

Frelinghuysen was born in Millstone, New Jersey, to Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788–1820) and Mary Dumont. His father died when he was just three years old, and he was adopted by his uncle, Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862).

His grandfather Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753–1804) was an eminent lawyer, one of the framers of the first New Jersey Constitution, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War and a member (1778–1779 and 1782–1783) of the Continental Congress from New Jersey, and from 1793 to 1796 a member of the United States Senate.

His uncle, Theodore Frelinghuysen, was Attorney General of New Jersey from 1817 to 1829, was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1829 to 1835, was the Whig candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Henry Clay ticket in the 1844 Presidential election, and was Chancellor of New York University from 1839 until 1850 and president of Rutgers College from 1850 to 1862.


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