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in 1720 on the Raritan river near Somerville. Frederick was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1770 and was admitted to the bar in 1774. He was a member of the provincial con- gress of New Jersey, 1775-76, and in 1778 was elected by the legislature a delegate to the con- tinental congi-ess, serving 1778-79, and again 1782-83. He commanded a corps of artillery at the battle of Trenton, was made colonel of mi- litia, took part in the battles at Springfield and Elizabethtown, and in June, 1778, in the battle of Monmouth Court House. He was elected to the United States senate, servir,g in the 3d and 4th congresses, 1793-96. He resigned in 1796 and was succeeded by Richard Stockton. He was commissioned by President Washington major- general in the army raised to suppress the whiskey insurrection in Pennsj'lvania. He was a trustee of Princeton, 1802-04. He correctly predicted the day of his death at the time he fell ill and died at his home near Millstone, N.J., on his fiftieth birthday, April 13, 1804.

FRELINGHUYSEN, Frederick Theodore, statesman, was liorn in Millstone, N.J., Aug. 4, 1817; son of Frederick Frelinghuysen, lawyer; grandson of Gen. Frederick, and great-grandson of the Rev. John Frelinghuysen. He was adopted by his uncle Theodore, second son of Gen. Fred- erick, upon the death of his father in 1820, and was graduated at Ru tgers college, A. B. , 1836, A.M., 1839. After studying law under his uncle Theo- dore at Newark, N.J., he was admit- ted to the bar in 1839, succeeding to his uncle's practice in 1840. He was city attorney of Newark, 1849; a member of

(7? ^. fi.U^^^-^'^ *s ^'J' council in 18.50, and became attorney for the New Jersey Central railroad and for the Morris canal and banking company. In 1861 he was appointed by Governor Olden attor- nej'-general of New Jersey and was I'eappointed in 1866 by Governor Ward. He was a delegate from his state to the peace convention of Feb. 4, 1861, at Washington. In 1866 he was appointed by Governor Ward to the vacant seat in the U.S. senate c^iused by the death of Senator Wright, and in the winter of 1867 was elected In' the state legislature to complete the term expiring March 4, 1869. He failed of re election and President Grant appointed him U.S minister to Great Britain, his confirmation beini; sccnircil in

the senate without a reference to the committee, but lie declined the mission. He was elected to the U.S. senate July 2.5, 1871, for a full term. He voted for the conviction of President Johnson in the impeachment trial; introduced a bill to restore specie payment; supported a tariff for protection; advocated the civil rights bill, and secured the passage of the anti-polygamy bill and the Japanese indemnity fund act. He was a member of the judiciary committee; of the committee on foreign relations, of which he was acting chairman during the session of the joint high commission on the Alabama claims, and of the committees on naval affairs, claims and railroads. In 1877 he was a member of the joint committee of the senate and house which created the electoral commission, and was appointed a member of the commission. He was defeated by the vote of the Democratic majoritj' in the elec- tion for senator in 1877 and was succeeded, March 4, 1877, by John R. McPherson. President Arthur on Dec. 12, 1881, appointed him .secretary of state in his cabinet, as successor to James G. Blaine, resigned, and he held the position till the close of the term of the administration, March 4, 1885, wlien he retired to liis home in Newark, N.J., suffering from an illness fi-om which he never recovered. He was president of the American Bible society and a trustee of Rutgers college, 1851-85. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the College of New Jersey in 1864. He died in Newark, N. J., May 20, 1885. FRELINGHUYSEN, Theodore, educator, was born in Franklin township, (Somerset coimty, N.J., March 28, 1787; son of Gen. Frederick Fre- linghuysen. He attended the grammar school connected with Queens college. New Brunswick, N.J., 1798-1800; a classical academy at Basking- ridge, N.J., conducted by the Rev. Dr. Find- ley, 1800-02; and was graduated at the College of New Jersey with high honoi'S in 1804. He studied law under his brother John at Millstone. N.J., was admitted to the bar in 1808 and practised in Newark, N.J. He served in the war of 1812 as captain of volunteers and in 1817 he was ap- pointed attorney-general of the state and was twice reappointed, serving until his election as U.S. senator in 1829. He served a full senatorial term and in 1835 resumed the practice of his pro- fession in Newai'k. He was mayor of the city, 1837-38; presidential elector -at-large for New Jersey in the electoral college of 1829; chancellor of the University of the city of New Y'ork. 1839- 50, and president of Rutgers college, 1850-61. He was the Whig candidate for Vice-President in the campaign of 1844 with Henry Clay for President. He was president of the American board of com- missioners for foreign mis.sions for sixteen years,- president of the American Bible society, 1816-61 •