Background
Frelinghuysen, Theodore was born on March 28, 1787 in Franklin Township, New Jersey, United States. Son of General Frederick and Gertrude (Schenck) Frelinghuysen.
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Frelinghuysen, Theodore was born on March 28, 1787 in Franklin Township, New Jersey, United States. Son of General Frederick and Gertrude (Schenck) Frelinghuysen.
Graduate Princeton, 1804.
Admitted to New Jersey, bar, 1808. Sergeant at law, 1817. Attorney general New Jersey, 1817-1827.
Member United States Senate from New Jersey, 1829-1835, best known for stand against removing Cherokee Indians west of Mississippi River. President American Board Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Mayor Newark (New Jersey), 1836-1839.
Chancellor University City of New York, 1838-1850. President American Tract Society, 1842-1848. Whig Party candidate for vice president United States, 1844.
President American Bible Society, 1846-1862. Vice president American Sunday School Union, 50 years. President Rutgers College, 1850-1862.
Member United States Senate from New Jersey, 1829-1835, best known for stand against removing Cherokee Indians west of Mississippi River.
Married Charlotte Mercer, 1809. Married second, Harriet Pumpelly, October 14, 1857.