Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817 - May 20, 1885) was a member of the United States Senate from New Jersey and a member of the Electoral Commission that decided the 1876 Presidential election. As a Republican, he voted with the eight-member majority on all counts. He also served as Secretary of State from 1881-1885, appointed by President Chester A. Arthur. He was born in Millstone, New Jersey. He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860, the New Jersey state attorney general, 1861-66, and a U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1866-69, 1871-77. He died in Newark, New Jersey and was buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Newark. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.