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Mar 28, 1787 Franklin Township, New Jersey, United States Died on 12 Apr 1862 (aged 75)
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About Theodore Frelinghuysen
- Theodore Frelinghuysen (March 28, 1787 – April 12, 1862) was an American politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate.
- He was the Whig vice presidential nominee in the election of 1844, running on a ticket with Henry Clay. Born in Somerset County, New Jersey, Frelinghuysen established a legal practice in Newark, New Jersey after graduating from the College of New Jersey.
- He was the son of Senator Frederick Frelinghuysen and the adoptive father of Secretary of State Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen.
- He served as the New Jersey Attorney General from 1817 to 1829 and as a United States Senator from 1829 to 1835.
- In the Senate, Frelinghuysen strongly opposed President Andrew Jackson's policy of Indian removal.
- After leaving the Senate, he served as the Mayor of Newark from 1837 to 1838. Frelinghuysen was selected as Clay's running mate at the 1844 Whig National Convention.
- In the 1844 election, the Whig ticket was narrowly defeated by the Democratic ticket of James K.
- Polk and George M.
- Dallas.
- Frelinghuysen served as President of New York University from 1839 to 1850, and as president of Rutgers College from 1850 to 1862.
- Upon its incorporation in 1848, Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey was named after him.
