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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
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As Secretary of State
Fostered commercial relations with Latin America, sent delegates to the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 on the Congo
Opened treaty relations with Korea
Foreign Travels
Foreign Relations of the United States:
1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885
Profile
Born: August 4, 1817
Died: May 20, 1885
Married: Matilde E. Griswold
Education: Rutgers College
Occupation: Lawyer
Government Positions
City attorney of Newark 1849
Member of city council in 1850
Representative of New Jersey at a peace congress held in Washington, D.C. early in 1861
Attorney General of New Jersey 1861-1866
Senator from New Jersey 1866-1869
Member of Electoral Commission of 1877 to decide the contested presidential election of 1876
Notable Events
Trustee of Rutgers College 1851-1885