Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817-1885)

29th U.S. Secretary of State (1881-1885) & U.S. Senator from New Jersey

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His father died when he was three and he was adopted by his uncle, U.S. Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen. He was an advocate for the rights of Black Americans during Reconstruction.

Parents (3)

Frederick Frelinghuysen

Attorney of Newark, New Jersey

1788-1820

Theodore Frelinghuysen

U.S. Senator from & Attorney-General of New Jersey, etc.

1787-1862

Jane (Dumont) Frelinghuysen

Mrs Jane (Dumont) Frelinghuysen

1791-1875

Spouse (1)

Matilda (Griswold) Frelinghuysen

Mrs Matilda Elizabeth (Griswold) Frelinghuysen

1817-1889

Children (6)

Matilda (Frelinghuysen) Gray

Mrs Matilda Griswold (Frelinghuysen) Gray

1846-1926

Charlotte Louisa Frelinghuysen

"Lucy" Frelinghuysen, of New York City & "Gardencourt" Bar Harbor, Maine

1847-1930

Frederick Frelinghuysen

President of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Newark, New Jersey

1848-1924

George Griswold Frelinghuysen

of Whippany Farm; President of P. Ballantine & Sons Brewery, New Jersey

1851-1936

Sarah (Frelinghuysen) McCawley

Mrs Sarah Helen (Frelinghuysen) Davis, McCawley

1856-1939

Theodore Frelinghuysen

of New York City & Tuxedo Park; Treasurer of J. & P. Coats Ltd.

1860-1928

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Civil Rights Leaders Gilded Age Politicians