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Conservatism portal. United States portal. v. t. e. Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817 – May 20, 1885) [1] 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. [2] Frelinghuysen was born in Millstone, New Jersey, and ...
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1881–1885) A member of a prominent New Jersey family, Frederick Frelinghuysen was born in Millstone in 1817. His father, a prominent lawyer, died when Frederick was three, and Frelinghuysen was sent to Newark to live with his uncle, former New Jersey senator Theodore Frelinghuysen. He graduated Rutgers College in ...
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen attended and graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1836. He studied law under his uncle in Newark, New Jersey, was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1839 and commenced law practice in Newark, New Jersey. He became the Newark City Attorney in 1849, and a Newark City Council Member in 1850.
Frederick Frelinghuysen and Jane Dumont had a son, Frederic Theodore Frelinghuysen [1817-1885], who also became a U.S. Senator. Following Gertrude Schenck's death, Frederick Frelinghuysen married Ann Yard [1764-1839]. Frederick Frelinghuysen [1753-1804] was the first in a family dynasty of New Jersey politicians.
Frederick Frelinghuysen was always anti-slavery, but he hesitated about joining the new Republican Party. Propelled by his powerful family and own abilities, Frelinghuysen's big political break came in 1861. In early 1861 Frederick Frelinghuysen was the New Jersey delegate to the Washington Peace Conference (aka, the "Old Gentleman's Convention").
The Honorable Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, LLD Born in Millstone, NJ on 4 Aug 1817 and died in Newark, NJ on 20 or 30 May 1885. Rutgers College BA Degree 1836 and AM Degree 1839.
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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (frē´lĬnghī´zən), 1817–85, U.S. secretary of state (1881–85), b. Millstone, Somerset co., N.J. He studied law in the office of his uncle, Theodore Frelinghuysen, who had adopted him when he was three, and on admission to the bar in 1839 inherited his uncle's practice. Source for information on ...
