OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen

BORN:
August 4, 1817
Millstone, New Jersey

DIED:
May 20, 1885 (age 67)
Newark, New Jersey

EDUCATION:
Rutgers University (1836)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (Before 1860)
Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1839:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Newark, New Jersey
1849:
City Attorney of Newark
1850:
Member of the Newark City Council
1851-1885:
Trustee of Rutgers College
1861:
Member of the Peace Convention in Washington, DC 
1861-1866:
Attorney General of New Jersey
1866-1869:
U.S. Senator (R-NJ)
1870:
Appointed U.S. Minister to England by President Ulysses Grant.
Declined Appointment After Being Confirmed
1871-1877:
U.S. Senator (R-NJ)
1877:
Appointed to the Electoral Commission to Resolve Disputed Results from 1876 Presidential Election 
1881-1885:
U.S. Secretary of State 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of State
Wikipedia

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