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{{Short description|American lawyer and politician (1817–1885)}}
{{For|others|Frederick Frelinghuysen (disambiguation)}}
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|caption      = Frelinghuysen {{circa|1865–80}}
|office       = 29th [[United States Secretary of State]]
|president    = [[Chester A. Arthur]]<br>[[Grover Cleveland]]
|term_start   = December 19, 1881
|term_end     = March 6, 1885
|predecessor  = [[James G. Blaine]]
|successor    = [[Thomas F. Bayard]]
|jr/sr1       = United States Senator
|state1       = [[New Jersey]]
|term_start1  = March 4, 1871
|term_end1    = March 3, 1877
|predecessor1 = [[Alexander G. Cattell]]
|successor1   = [[John R. McPherson]]
|term_start2  = November 12, 1866
|term_end2    = March 3, 1869
|predecessor2 = [[William Wright (United States politician)|William Wright]]
|successor2   = [[John P. Stockton]]
|office3      = 22nd [[New Jersey Attorney General|Attorney General of New Jersey]]
|governor3    = [[Charles Smith Olden]]<br />[[Joel Parker (politician)|Joel Parker]]<br />[[Marcus Lawrence Ward]]
|term_start3  = 1861
|term_end3    = 1867
|predecessor3 = [[William L. Dayton]]
|successor3   = [[George M. Robeson]]
|birth_name   = Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
|birth_date   = {{birth date|1817|8|4}}
|birth_place  = [[Millstone, New Jersey]], U.S.
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|party        = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] {{small|(Before 1860)}}<br />[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] {{small|(1860–death)}}
|spouse       = {{marriage|Matilda Griswold|January 25, 1842<!--|May 20, 1885|end=his death-->}}
|children     = 6, including [[Frederick Frelinghuysen (businessman)|Frederick]], [[George Griswold Frelinghuysen|George]]
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'''Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen''' (August 4, 1817{{spaced ndash}}May 20, 1885)<ref name="FTFObit1885"/> was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey who served as a U.S. Senator and later as [[United States Secretary of State]] under President [[Chester A. Arthur]].<ref name="FTFbioguide">{{cite web|title=FRELINGHUYSEN, Frederick Theodore - Biographical Information|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000369|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>

Frelinghuysen was born in [[Millstone, New Jersey]], and was adopted by his uncle Theodore Frelinghuysen after his father's death. He graduated from [[Rutgers University|Rutgers College]] and studied law under his uncle. Frelinghuysen was involved in various political roles, including serving as a delegate to the [[1860 Republican National Convention]] and as [[New Jersey Attorney General|Attorney General of New Jersey]]. He was also appointed to fill a vacancy in the [[United States Senate]].

In 1870, Frelinghuysen was nominated as [[List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom|U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom]] but declined the position. He served again as a U.S. Senator from 1871 to 1877, and in 1881, was appointed U.S. Secretary of State by President Chester A. Arthur, serving until 1885. During his tenure, he withdrew the U.S. from the [[War of the Pacific]] and negotiated a treaty change with [[Hawaii]], allowing for a naval base at [[Pearl Harbor]].

After his term as Secretary of State, Frelinghuysen returned to [[Newark, New Jersey]], where he died less than three months later. He married Matilda Elizabeth Griswold in 1842, with whom he had six children. [[Frelinghuysen University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] was named in his honor in 1917.

==Early life and education==
[[File:Frederick T. Frelinghuysen Newark jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Statue honoring Frelinghuysen in [[Newark, New Jersey]]]]
Frelinghuysen was born in [[Millstone, New Jersey]], to Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788–1820) and Mary Dumont. His father died when he was just three years old, and he was adopted by his uncle,<ref name=EB1911/> [[Theodore Frelinghuysen]] (1787–1862).

His grandfather, [[Frederick Frelinghuysen (general)|Frederick Frelinghuysen]] (1753–1804), was an eminent lawyer, one of the framers of the first [[New Jersey Constitution]], a soldier in the [[American Revolutionary War]], a member (1778–1779 and 1782–1783) of the [[Continental Congress]] from New Jersey, and from 1793 to 1796 a member of the [[United States Senate]].<ref name=EB1911/>

His uncle, Theodore Frelinghuysen, was [[Attorney General of New Jersey]] from 1817 to 1829, was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1829 to 1835, was the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] candidate for [[Vice President of the United States]] on the [[Henry Clay]] ticket in the [[1844 United States presidential election|1844 Presidential election]], and was [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of [[New York University]] from 1839 until 1850 and president of [[Rutgers University|Rutgers College]] from 1850 to 1862.<ref name=EB1911/>

Frelinghuysen graduated from [[Rutgers University|Rutgers College]] in 1836, and studied law in Newark with his uncle, to whose practice he succeeded in 1839, after he was admitted to the bar.<ref name="FTFbioguide"/><ref name=EB1911/>

==Career==
Following his admission to the bar, he became attorney for the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]], the [[Morris Canal|Morris Canal and Banking Company]] and other corporations.<ref name="FTFbioguide"/>

===Political career===
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According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', Frelinghuysen was a member of the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]] until joining the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] upon its inception.<ref name=obituary>May 21, 1885. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/05/21/103016659.pdf Death of Mr. Frelinghuysen.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved January 30, 2022.</ref> He was also crucial in establishing the Republican Party in New Jersey.<ref name=britannicabio>July 20, 1998. [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Theodore-Frelinghuysen Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen]. ''Britannica''. Retrieved January 30, 2022.</ref>

During the [[American Civil War]], Frelinghuysen was active in public office rather than joining the [[Union Army]].<ref name=newjerseyglobe>Wildstein, David (November 11, 2021). [https://newjerseyglobe.com/trailblazer/veterans-day-frelinghuysen-and-kean-families/ Veterans Day: Frelinghuysen and Kean families]. ''New Jersey Globe''. Retrieved January 30, 2022.</ref> He was a delegate in 1861 to the Peace Congress, and appointed Attorney General of New Jersey by Governor Charles S. Olden that year to serve in the post until 1867. Frelinghuysen was encouraged by some to run for governor in 1862, though declined.<ref>August 4, 1862. [https://www.nytimes.com/1862/08/04/archives/personal.html Personal.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 8, 2021.</ref>

Frelinghuysen was a delegate to the [[1860 Republican National Convention]] from New Jersey and from 1861 to 1867 was [[New Jersey Attorney General|Attorney General of New Jersey]]. He was a delegate to the [[Peace conference of 1861]] in Washington, and in 1866 was appointed by the [[Governor of New Jersey]], as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. In the winter of 1867, he was elected to fill the unexpired term, but a Democratic majority in the [[New Jersey Legislature]] prevented his re-election in 1869.<ref name="FTFbioguide"/><ref name=EB1911/>

In 1870, he was nominated by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]], and confirmed by the Senate, as [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] to succeed [[John Lothrop Motley]], but declined the mission. From 1871 to 1877 he was again a member of the United States Senate, in which he was prominent in debate and in committee work, and was chairman of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs]] during the [[Alabama Claims]] negotiations.<ref name="FTFbioguide"/><ref name=EB1911/>

He was a strong opponent of the [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]] measures of President [[Andrew Johnson]], for whose conviction he voted for in [[impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson|Johnson's impeachment trial]].<ref>{{Appletons'|wstitle=Frelinghuysen, Theodorus Jacobus|page=544|author=Frederick W. Ricord}}</ref> Frelinghuysen supported the [[Radical Republicans]]' program for Reconstruction that emphasized a harsh treatment of former [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]].<ref name=encyclopedia.combio>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/frelinghuysen-frederick-theodore Frelinghuysen, Frederick Theodore]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved January 30, 2022.</ref> He later allied with the GOP Stalwart faction whose members tended to utilize corruption/[[patronage]] effectively, though was considered to have a clean record.<ref name=garfieldandarthur>Weisberger, Bernard A. [https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/james-garfield-and-chester-arthur James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved January 30, 2022.</ref>

He was a member of the joint committee which drew up and reported (1877) the Electoral Commission Bill, and subsequently served as a member of the [[Electoral Commission (United States)|Electoral Commission]] that decided the [[1876 United States presidential election|1876 Presidential election]].<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911|wstitle=Frelinghuysen, Frederick Theodore|inline=1|volume=11|page=96}}</ref> As a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]], he voted with the eight-member majority on all counts.<ref name="FTFbioguide"/>

====U.S. Secretary of State====
On December 12, 1881, he was appointed [[United States Secretary of State]] by President [[Chester A. Arthur]] to succeed [[James G. Blaine]], and served until the inauguration of President [[Grover Cleveland]] in 1885.<ref>Sayles, Stephen. ''The Romero-Frelinghuysen Convention: A Milestone in Border Relations.'' New Mexico Historical Review 51 (October 1976): 295-311.</ref>

Upon taking the post, Frelinghuysen was tasked with resolving a number of consequences resulted by the actions of his predecessor Blaine.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/> Taking a pacifistic and patient approach,<ref name=britannicabio/><ref name=encyclopedia.combio/> he shared the vision held by [[William H. Seward]] of the United States dominating the global market in setting an example for other nations to follow, he withdrew the U.S. from the [[War of the Pacific]] between [[Chile]] and [[Peru]] in which his predecessor unsuccessfully backed the Peruvians.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/><ref name=statedepartmentbio>[https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/frelinghuysen-frederick-theodore Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885)]. ''Office of the Historian''. Retrieved November 14, 2021.</ref>

Frelinghuysen's other actions included canceling a scheduled Pan-American conference against President Arthur's wishes that Blaine had originally planned.<ref name=encyclopedia.combio/><ref name=garfieldandarthur/><ref name=statedepartmentbio/> In addition, he negotiated a treaty change with [[Hawaii]] that allowed for a naval base for the U.S. in [[Pearl Harbor]],<ref name=britannicabio/> which was later known for being bombed by [[Japan]] in [[World War II]].

In contrast to his predecessors in the position of U.S. Secretary of State, Frelinghuysen proved unable to urge [[Great Britain]] to modify the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty terms in a re-negotiation attempt,<ref name=statedepartmentbio/> and instead pushed through a treaty with [[Nicaragua]] that would permit the construction of a canal in the country under joint ownership.<ref name=encyclopedia.combio/> However, it was withdrawn later during the presidency of [[Grover Cleveland]] by the U.S. Senate, which did not ratify it.<ref name=statedepartmentbio/> Other efforts rejected by Congress included proposals to negotiate reciprocity [[Spain]], [[Mexico]], and Santo Dominigo, in addition to opening an international consortium between the Congo, U.S. and other countries.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/>

Frelinghuysen served in the post until the end of President Arthur's term, effectively resigning in early March 1885.<ref name=statedepartmentbio/>

After his term as Secretary of State Frelinghuysen returned to his home in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] where he died less than three months after retiring.<ref>Rollins, John William. ''Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, 1817-1885: The Politics and Diplomacy of Stewardship.'' Ph.D. dissertation, [[University of Wisconsin]], [[Madison, Wisconsin]] 1974</ref>

=== Legacy ===
In 1917, [[Frelinghuysen University]] in [[Washington D.C.]] was named in honor of his service to African American causes.<ref name="couriernews">{{cite news |title=Name University for Frelinghuysen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116234293/name-university-for-frelinghuysen/ |access-date=11 January 2023 |work=[[Courier News|The Courier-News]] |date=1 March 1917 |pages=3}}</ref>

==Marriage and children==
On January 25, 1842, Frelinghuysen married Matilda Elizabeth Griswold (1817–1889).<ref name="MrsFTFObit1889"/>  She was the daughter of George Griswold,<ref name="Lee1910"/> a merchant in New York City who "made an immense fortune in the time of the clipper trade with China."<ref name="MrsFTFObit1889"/>  Together, they were the parents of three daughters and three sons, including:<ref name="Lee1910">{{cite book|last1=Lee|first1=Francis Bazley|title=Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey ...|date=1910|publisher=Lewis historical Publishing Company|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZE-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA14|access-date=30 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>

* Matilda Griswold Frelinghuysen (1846–1926),<ref name="MGFGObit1926">{{cite news|title=MRS. M.G.F. GRAY OF OLD FAMILY DIES; Daughter of F. T. Frelinghuysen, Once Secretary of State-Funeral Today.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/03/25/archives/mrs-m-g-f-gray-of-old-family-die-daughter-of-f-t-frefmghaysen-once.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=25 March 1926}}</ref> who married Henry Winthrop Gray (1840–1906),<ref name="GWGObit1906">{{cite news|title=DIED. Gray|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/10/15/archives/obituary-1-no-title.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=15 October 1906}}</ref> a prominent merchant<ref name="Lee1910"/> in 1889.<ref name="1889Wedding">{{cite news|title=In Bonds of Matrimony; Marriage of Mr. Gray and Miss. Frelinghuysen. a Quiet Ceremony at the Homestead of the Bride's Family|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1889/05/17/archives/in-bonds-of-matrimony-marriage-of-mr-gray-and-miss-frelinghuysen-a.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=17 May 1889}}</ref>
* Charlotte Louisa "Lucy" Frelinghuysen (1847–1930),<ref name="CFObit1930">{{cite news|title=Charlotte Frelinghuysen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/07/19/archives/obituary-4-no-title.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=19 July 1930}}</ref><ref name="Lee1910"/>
* [[Frederick Frelinghuysen (businessman)|Frederick Frelinghuysen]] (1848–1924),<ref name="FFobit1924">{{cite news |title=Frederick Frelinghuysen. Ex-President of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Dies |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60B1EF73A59177A93C0A9178AD85F408285F9 |quote=Frelinghuysen was President of the Benefit Life Insurance Company in Newark for ... to become President of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=January 2, 1924 |access-date=May 30, 2007}}</ref> who married Estelle B. Kinney, daughter of Thomas T. Kinney, in 1902.<ref name="1902Engagement">{{cite news|title=Frederick Frelinghuysen's Engagement|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1902/07/07/archives/frederick-frelinghuysens-engagement.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 July 1902}}</ref>
* [[George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1851-1936)|George Griswold Frelinghuysen]] (1851–1936),<ref name="GGFObit1936">{{cite news|title=G.G. FRELINGHUYSEN DIES AT AGE OF 84; Son of Arthur's Secretary Of State Was Lawyer Here for Half century. KIN OF NOTED GENERAL Parent, Great-Uncle, Cousin All Served New Jersey in the United States Senate.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/04/22/88653602.pdf|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 22, 1936|language=en}}</ref> who married Sara Linen Ballantine, granddaughter of [[Peter Ballantine]], in 1881.<ref>{{cite news |title=G.G. Frelinghuysen Dies. Son of Arthur's Secretary Of State Was Lawyer |work=[[New York Times]] |date=April 22, 1936 }}</ref>
* Sarah Helen Frelinghuysen (1856–1939),<ref name="SHMObit1939"/> who first married Judge [[John Davis (United States Court of Claims judge)|John J. Davis]] (1851–1902), the grandson of Massachusetts governor [[John Davis (Massachusetts governor)|John Davis]]. After his death, she married [[Brigadier General (United States)|Brig. Gen.]] [[Charles L. McCawley|Charles Laurie McCawley]] (1865–1935), the son of [[Charles G. McCawley]], the 8th [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]], in 1906.<ref name="SHMObit1939">{{cite news|title=MRS. S.H. M'CAWLEY, WASHINGTON HOSTESS; Grandmother of Senator Lodge Dies in Home at Capital|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/02/20/archives/mrs-sh-mcawley-washington-hostess-grandmother-of-senator-lodge-dies.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=20 February 1939}}</ref>
* [[Theodore Frelinghuysen (New York socialite)|Theodore Frelinghuysen]] (1860–1928),<ref name="TFObit1928"/> who married Alice Dudley Coats (1861–1889) in 1885.<ref name="1885Wedding">{{cite news|title=Married at Newport.; Miss Coats and Mr. Frelinghuysen.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1885/08/26/archives/married-at-newport-miss-coats-and-mr-frelinghuysen.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=26 August 1885}}</ref>  After her death, he married Elizabeth Mary "Lily" (née Thompson) Cannon, a daughter of [[William G. Thompson]] and descendant of [[Elijah Brush]], both [[Mayor of Detroit|Mayors of Detroit]], and the widow of Henry Lee Grand Cannon.<ref name="TFObit1928">{{cite news|title=THEO. FRELINGHUYSEN DIES IN HIS 68TH YEAR; Member of Old New Jersey Family Was Son of Secretary of State in Arthur Cabinet.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/01/31/archives/theo-frelinghuysen-dies-in-his-68th-year-member-of-old-new-jersey.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 31, 1928}}</ref>

Frelinghuysen died at Newark on May 20, 1885, aged 67.<ref name="FTFObit1885">{{cite news|title=Death of Mr. Frelinghuysen.; the Career of President Arthur's Secretary of State.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1885/05/21/archives/death-of-mr-frelinghuysen-the-career-of-president-arthurs-secretary.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 May 1885}}</ref> He was buried at [[Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark]].<ref>''American National Biography''</ref><ref>''Dictionary of American Biography''</ref><ref name="1885Burial">{{cite news|title=Mr. Frelinghuysen Buried.; Many Distinguished Persons Honor the Memory of the Ex-Secretary.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1885/05/24/archives/mr-frelinghuysen-buried-many-distinguished-persons-honor-the-memory.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=24 May 1885}}</ref>  His widow died a few years later in February 1889.<ref name="MrsFTFObit1889">{{cite news|title=MRS. F. T. FRELINGHUYSEN|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1889/02/04/archives/obituary-1-no-title.html|access-date=30 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=4 February 1889}}</ref>

===Descendants===
Through his eldest son Frederick, he was the grandfather of George Griswold Frelinghuysen II, who married Anne de Smolianinof; [[Suzy Frelinghuysen|Estelle C. "Suzy" Frelinghuysen]], who married fellow painter [[George Lovett Kingsland Morris]]; Frederick Frelinghuysen; Thomas Frelinghuysen; and Theodore Frelinghuysen.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/14/archives/g-g-frelinghuysen-weds-russian-girl-anne-de-molianinoff-daughter-of.html |quote= Daughter of Former Grand Master of Imperial Court, His Bride. Mrs. Vladimir N. de Smolianinof of  West Seventy-fifth Street announced yesterday the ... |title=G.G. Frelinghuysen Weds Russian Girl. Anne de Smolianinoff, Daughter of Former Grand Master of Imperial Court, His Bride. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=December 14, 1934 |access-date=May 30, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Obtains Decree in Reno; Former Anne de Smolianinof Divorces G. G. Frelinghuysen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/06/07/archives/obtains-decree-in-reno-former-anne-de-smolianinof-divorces-g-g.html |quote=Mrs. Anne de Smolianinoff Frelinghuysen obtained a divorce here today from George Griswold Frelinghuysen of [[Princeton, New Jersey]], on grounds of cruelty. They were married on December 12, 1934, in [[Los Angeles]]. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 7, 1938 |access-date=May 30, 2007}}</ref>

Through his daughter Sarah and granddaughter Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen ([[née]] Davis) Lodge (1876–1960), who married [[George Cabot Lodge]], he was the great-grandfather of [[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]] (1902–1985), the diplomat and [[List of United States Senators from Massachusetts|United States Senator from Massachusetts]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Photographs II|url=http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap039|work=The Massachusetts Historical Society|publisher=MHS|access-date=24 December 2011|archive-date=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126205231/http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap039|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Jackson1998">{{cite book|last1=Jackson|first1=Kenneth T.|title=The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: 1981-1985|date=1998|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|isbn=9780684804927|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3URAQAAMAAJ|access-date=30 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> and [[John Davis Lodge]] (1903–1985), also a diplomat, [[U.S. Representative]], and [[Governor of Connecticut]].<ref name=JohnDavisLodge>{{cite dictionary|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000395|title=LODGE, John Davis, (1903–1985)|dictionary=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|access-date=July 29, 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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'''Sources'''
* {{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Frelinghuysen, Theodorus Jacobus|year=1900  |notaref=x |short=x}}

==External links==
* {{findagrave|4835}}
* {{CongBio|F000369}}
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#R9M0IXDUE Biographical information for Frederick T. Frelinghuysen] from [[The Political Graveyard]]

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