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Frelinghuysen, Frederick Theodore 1817-1885
Statesman; born in Millstone, N. J., Aug. 4, 1817; grandson of the preceding; graduated at Rutgers College in 1836; became an eminent lawyer, and was attorney-general of New Jersey, 1861-66.
He was chosen United States Senator in 1868, and was re-elected for a full term in 1871.
He was a prominent member of the Republican party.
In July, 1870, President Grant appointed him minister to England, but he declined the position.
On Dec. 12, 1881, he entered the cabinet of President Arthur as Secretary of State, on the resignation of Secretary Blaine, and served to the end of that administration, March 4, 1885.
He died in Newark, N. J., May 20, 1885.