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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Secretary of State,
Term of Appointment:
12/19/1881 to
03/06/1885
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- Born in Millstone, New Jersey, August 4, 1817;
- Graduated from Rutgers College in 1836;
- Admitted to the bar in 1839 and practiced in Newark, New Jersey;
- Married Matilde E. Griswold in 1842;
- City attorney of Newark in 1849 and a member of the city council in 1850;
- Trustee of Rutgers College, 1851-1885;
- Representative of New Jersey at the peace congress held in Washington, DC, in 1861;
- Attorney General of New Jersey, 1861-1866;
- Senator from New Jersey, 1866-1869 and 1871-1877;
- Member of the Electoral Commission of 1877 to decide the contested presidential election of 1876;
- Resumed the practice of law;
- Secretary of State in President Arthur's Cabinet December 19, 1881, and served until March 6, 1885;
- As Secretary of State fostered commercial relations with Latin America, sent delegates to the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 on the Congo, and opened treaty relations with Korea;
Released on July 15, 2003
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