Frederick Frelinghuysen (general)
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United States Senator from New Jersey |
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In office March 4, 1793 – November 12, 1796 |
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| Preceded by | Philemon Dickinson |
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| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
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In office 1800–1804 |
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April 13, 1753 Somerville, New Jersey |
| Died | April 13, 1804 (aged 51) Millstone, New Jersey |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse(s) | Gertrude Schenck Ann Yard (1764–1839) |
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John Frelinghuysen Theodore Frelinghuysen Frederick Frelinghuysen |
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John Frelinghuysen (1727–1754) Dinah Van Berg (1725–1807) |
| Occupation | General, lawyer, United States Senator |
Frederick Frelinghuysen (April 13, 1753 – April 13, 1804) was an American lawyer, soldier, and senator from New Jersey. A graduate of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), Frederick went on to become an officer during the American Revolutionary War. In addition, he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. He was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1793 until 1796, and served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 1801.
He was born near Somerville in the Province of New Jersey to John Frelinghuysen (1727–1754) of Flatbush, Brooklyn and Dinah Van Berg (1725–1807) of Amsterdam. His father, John, was the son of the immigrant minister Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, the progenitor of the Frelinghuysen family in New Jersey.
He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1770, and was the sole instructor at Queen's College, New Brunswick (now Rutgers University) from 1771 to 1774. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1774, practicing law in Somerset County, New Jersey.
With the coming of the American Revolution, he became a member of the provincial congress of New Jersey from 1775 to 1776. In the War of Independence he served in the New Jersey militia as an artillery captain, seeing action at Trenton and Monmouth. In 1779 he served as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. He served as a clerk to the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, New Jersey from 1781 to 1789. He also served in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1784 and again from 1800 to 1804.
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