Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862)
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United States Senator from New Jersey |
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In office March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1835 |
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| Preceded by | Mahlon Dickerson |
| Succeeded by | Garret D. Wall |
| 12th Attorney General of New Jersey | |
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In office 1817–1829 |
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| Governor | Isaac Halstead Williamson |
| Preceded by | Aaron Woodruff |
| Succeeded by | Samuel L. Southard |
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March 28, 1787 Franklin Township, New Jersey |
| Died | April 12, 1862 (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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