Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1885 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OBITUARY.

Death at Newark, N. J., of Ex-Secre-tary of S ate Frederick T. , Frelinghuysen. Surrounded by His Family He Passes Away After Weeks of Intense Suffering. - I ■■ ’V-Another prominent figure in American politics, and one of the most distinguished of New Jersey’s citizens, has passed away— I ex- Secretary of State Frederick T. I reling- i huysen. After nearly two months of intense suffering, he died at his home in Newark, surrounded by the members of his family. For twenty-four hours before his death : Mr. Frelinghuysen did not ffiove or show I any signs of consciousness. When he was j taken sick several weeks ago there was a J partial congestion of the brain, although the , primary cause lay i i the liver and the mu- ! cus membrane of the stomach, from which | he had suffered before he gave up the cares of office at Washington. He fell into a stupor, from which he never entirely recovered. When his system recovered from the shock of the stupor, his pulse and. temperature became normal again, and there was no fever except on one .occasion, when his pulse rose to 102, but was afterward reduced. The, fiulse and temperature increased, and his enfeebled constitution was ; unable to bear the strain of the exhaustion. Upon receipt in Washington of intelligence of the death of ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen. Secretary Bayard telegraphed Mrs. i Frelinghuysen as follows: t I “President and his Cabinet have just ' heard with deep sensibility of the death i of your honored husband. Accept from [ each and all of us expressions of sincere i sympathy and condolence. ”

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen was a member of a distinguished American family. His grandfather, Frederick Frelinghuysen, 'was a delegateffi om New Jersey i n the Con-_ linental Congress in 1775, 1778, 1779, and 1782, and afterward a United States Senator from New Jersey. serving from Dec. 2, 1793, to 1796. when he resigned. Theodore Frslinghuvseri. a son of this man, was also a United States Senator from New Jersey, i serving from March 4, 1829, until'March 3, ! 1833. His career in the Semite showed i such.ability that he was nominated for Vice President by the Whigs in 1841. He was; hovever, defeated, receiving 1,291,643 votes, to 1,339.013 given for Dallas, Demo- ' craf, and 66.31'4 votes for Morris, Freei Reiter. He died in ' 1862. At the time he I was President of Rutgers College—a [ position which he had held since I 1850. Ha was also Chancellor of the UniI versify of the City, of New York from 1838 to 1849. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen was born at Millstone, N. J., Aug. 4, 1817. He was a nephew and the adopted son ot Theodore Frelinghuysen. He received an education iff the classics, graduating at Rutgers College in 1836. In 1839 he was admitted to the bar, h iving studied law for three years previously. He began the practice of law at Newark, N. J., and soon olflained a large practice. For many years he was„cjie of the lending lawyers of the State. In 1861 he was appointed Attorney General of New Jersey, and was reappointed in 1866. He did not serve out his term, resigning the office on being appointed United States Senator Nov. 12, the same year, to rili’M. vacancy caused by the dfeath of William Wright. He was subsequently elected to fill the unexpired term which extended from Dec. 3, 1866, to March 3, 1869. The • following year—>lß7o—ho was elected a United States Senator for a full term, lasting from March!, 1871, to March 3, 1877. During this term he was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and a member of the , Judiciary Committee, of the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Foreign Relations. The last few months of his term were closely occupied by him with labors regarding the ’disputed Presidential election of 1876. He was a member of the Electoral Commission, and made a fine argument before the commission in favor of the Hayes electors from South Carolina, Florid i, Louisiana and Oregon. Early in the life of the Republican party Mr. Frelinghuysen joined its ranks, and as its representative was elected to the high offices mentioned. During his term as Senator he was offered the position of Minister to England by President Grant, but declined the office. .