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Theodore Frelinghuysen

Theodore Frelinghuysen
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United States Senator
from New Jersey
In office
March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1835
Preceded by Mahlon Dickerson
Succeeded by Garret D. Wall
12th Attorney General of New Jersey
In office
1817–1829
Governor Isaac Halstead Williamson
Preceded by Aaron Woodruff
Succeeded by Samuel L. Southard
Personal details
Born (1787-03-28)March 28, 1787
Franklin Township, New Jersey
Died April 12, 1862(1862-04-12) (aged 75)
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Political party National Republican, Whig
Spouse(s) Charlotte Mercer Frelinghuysen
Harriet Pumpelly Frelinghuysen
Parents Frederick Frelinghuysen
Profession Politician, Lawyer, University President
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Theodore Frelinghuysen (March 28, 1787 – April 12, 1862) was an American politician, serving as New Jersey Attorney General, United States Senator, and Mayor of Newark, New Jersey before running as a candidate for Vice President with Henry Clay on the Whig ticket in the election of 1844. Upon its incorporation in 1848, Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey was named after him.

He was born in 1787 in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, to Frederick Frelinghuysen and Gertrude Schenck. His siblings include: Catharine Frelinghuysen; John Frelinghuysen (1776–1833) the General who married Louisa Mercer and after her death married Elizabeth Mercereau Van Vechten; Maria Frelinghuysen (1778-?); and Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788-1820) the lawyer who married Jane Dumont. His great-grandfather, Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, was a minister and theologian of the Dutch Reformed Church, influential in the founding of Queen's College, now Rutgers University, and one of four key leaders of the First Great Awakening in Colonial America. Theodore was the uncle of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen and great-great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.. Rodney Frelinghuysen, who represents New Jersey's 11th congressional district, is a descendant.


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