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FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK THEODORE (1817-1885)

FRELINGHUYSEN, See also:
FREDERICK
FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)
FREDERICK See also:
THEODORE
THEODORE (602-690)
THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)
THEODORE (1817-1885) , See also:

AMERICAN

American lawyer and statesman, of Dutch descent, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Millstone, New See also:

Jersey, on the 4th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1817. His See also:

GRAND

grand-See also:

FATHER

father, Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804), was an eminent lawyer, one of the framers of the first New Jersey constitution, a soldier in the See also:

War of See also:

Independence, and a member (1778-1779 and 1782-1783) of the See also:

CONTINENTAL

Continental See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress from New Jersey, and in 1793-1796 of the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate; and his See also:

UNCLE

uncle, Theodore (1787-1862), was See also:

ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

general of New Jersey from 1817 to 1829, was a United States senator from New Jersey in 1829-1835, was the Whig See also:

CANDIDATE

candidate for See also:

VICE

vice-See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president on the See also:

Clay See also:

TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

ticket in 1844, and was See also:

CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the university of New See also:

York in 1839-1850 and president of Rutgers See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1850-1862. Frederick Theodore, See also:

LEFT

left an See also:

ORPHAN

orphan at the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of three, was adopted by his uncle, graduated at Rutgers in 1836, and studied See also:

law in See also:

Newark with his uncle, to whose practice he succeeded in 1839, soon after his See also:

ADMISSION

admission to the See also:

bar. He became attorney for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the See also:

Morris See also:

Canal and Banking See also:

COMPANY

Company, and other corporations, and from 1861 to 1867 was attorney-general of New Jersey. In 1861 he was a delegate to the See also:

peace congress at See also:

Washington, and in 1866 was appointed by the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of New Jersey, as a Republican, to fill a vacancy in the United States senate. In the See also:

winter of 1867 he was elected to fill the unexpired See also:

TERM

term, but a Democratic See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority in the legislature prevented his re-See also:

election in 1869. In 1870 he was nominated by President See also:

Grant, and confirmed by the senate, as United States See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to See also:

England to succeed See also:

John Lothrop See also:

Motley, but declined the See also:

MISSION

mission. From 1871 to 1877 he was again a member of the United States senate, in which he was prominent in debate and in See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee See also:

WORK

work, and was chairman of the committee on See also:

FOREIGN

foreign affairs during the See also:

ALABAMA

Alabama Claims negotiations. He was a strong opponent of the reconstruction See also:

MEASURES

measures of President See also:

Johnson, for whose conviction he voted (on most of the specific charges) in the See also:

IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment trial. He was a member of the See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint committee which See also:

drew up and reported (1877) the Electoral See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission See also:

BILL

Bill, and subsequently served as a member of the commission. On the 12th of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1881 he was appointed secretary of See also:

state by President See also:

Arthur to succeed See also:

James G. See also:

BLAINE, JAMES GILLESPIE (1830-1893)

Blaine, and served until the inauguration of President See also:

Cleveland in 1885.

Retiring, with his See also:

HEALTH

health impaired by overwork, to his See also:

home in Newark, he died there on the 20th of May, less than three months after relinquishing the cares of See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office.

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