Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (born August 4, 1817 in Millstone , New Jersey , †  May 20, 1885 in Newark , New Jersey) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). He served as Secretary of State of the United States under President Chester A. Arthur and was a member of the US Senate for his home state.

Life

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen was born to Frederick Frelinghuysen and Mary Dumont. His father died when the boy was three years old. He was then by his uncle Theodore Frelinghuysen adopted . His grandfather, Frederick Frelinghuysen, was a lawyer , founder of the New Jersey Constitution, a soldier in the American Army and a two-time member of the New Jersey Continental Congress .

Frelinghuysen took his degree at Rutgers University and studied with his uncle Law in Newark, in whose firm he joined in 1839, after being approved by the Bar Association. He then became an attorney for the Central Railroad of New Jersey and other companies.

Frelinghuysen was Attorney General in New Jersey from 1861 to 1867 . He then moved to the United States Senate, where he was a member until March 3, 1869, as the successor to the late William Wright ; when he tried for re-election he failed because of the Democrat John P. Stockton . In 1870 he was named Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom by President Ulysses S. Grant , succeeding John Lothrop Motley , but he declined the appointment. Between 1871 and 1877 he was again a member of the US Senate, where he distinguished himself in speeches and in the work of the committees. Frelinghuysen was a staunch opponent of President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction measures . In his impeachment proceedings , he voted "guilty" on most of the charges.

On December 12, 1881, President Arthur named him Secretary of State in his cabinet , succeeding James G. Blaine . With the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland in 1885, Frelinghuysen's tenure ended.

After his health suffered from constant labor, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen died just three months after his resignation on May 20, 1885 at his home in Newark. He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark.

literature

• William Brinker: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen. In: Edward S. Mihalkanin (Ed.): American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin Powell . Greenwood Publishing 2004, ISBN 978-0-313-30828-4 , pp. 220-225.

Web links

• Frederick T. Frelinghuysen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)

• Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen in the database of Find a Grave (English)