Not only is Mr. Frelinghuysen a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, but he is the grandson of the man who was instrumental in opening relations between the United States and Korea, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State in the administration of Chester A. Arthur.

Next year is the 80th anniversary of the signing of the treaty between Korea and the United States and experts in Seoul are trying to find the correspondence between Frederick Frelinghuysen, who was Secretary of State in 1883 and 1884, and Gen. Lucius Foote, who was the first minister to Korea.

Theodore Frelinghuysen was nominated as Clay's running mate.

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen ( August 4, 1817May 20, 1885 ) was a member of the United States Senate representing New Jersey and a United States Secretary of State.

Frelinghuysen was born in Millstone, New Jersey, to Frederick Frelinghuysen ( 1788 – 1820 ) and Mary Dumont.

His father died when he was just three years old, and he was adopted by his uncle, Theodore Frelinghuysen ( 1787 – 1862 ).

His grandfather Frederick Frelinghuysen ( 1753 – 1804 ) was an eminent lawyer, one of the framers of the first New Jersey Constitution, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War and a member ( 1778 – 1779 and 1782 – 1783 ) of the Continental Congress from New Jersey, and from 1793 to 1796 a member of the United States Senate.

His uncle, Theodore Frelinghuysen ( 1787 – 1862 ), was Attorney General of New Jersey from 1817 to 1829, was a U. S. Senator from New Jersey from 1829 to 1835, was the Whig candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Henry Clay ticket in the 1844 Presidential election, and was Chancellor of New York University from 1839 until 1850 and president of Rutgers College from 1850 to 1862.

Frelinghuysen was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention from New Jersey and from 1861 to 1867 was Attorney General of New Jersey.

He was buried in Lexington Cemetery, and Theodore Frelinghuysen, Clay's vice-presidential candidate in the election of 1844, gave the eulogy.

The Knox-Porter Resolution ending United States involvement in World War I was signed by President Harding at the estate of New Jersey Senator Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Sr. on July 2, 1921.

Raritan Public Library is located in what was originally the homestead of 1700s colonel, Frederick Frelinghuysen.

Frelinghuysen Township was incorporated from Hardwick Township on March 7, 1848.

According to the book Historical Sites of Warren County, the township was named after the Honorable Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, a minister and theologian of the Dutch Reformed Church who came to New Jersey in 1720.

Theodorus was the grandfather of Theodore Frelinghuysen, the noted statesman, educator and running mate of presidential candidate Henry Clay on the Whig Party ticket in the 1844 election, and who is also credited as the inspiration for the township's name.

He graduated from the College of New Jersey ( now Princeton University ) in 1804 and studied law under his brother John Frelinghuysen, and later, Richard Stockton.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from the College of New Jersey ( now Princeton University ) in 1813 and then studied law with Theodore Frelinghuysen.

Frelinghuysen was graduated from the University of Lingen in 1717, and he was ordained as a minister of the German Reformed Church in 1715.

Frelinghuysen retired from work and moved back to his home in Newark.

* Biographical information for Frederick T. Frelinghuysen from the Political Graveyard

He received his diploma from Theodore Frelinghuysen, New Jersey's first major-party vice-presidential candidate, who had run unsuccessfully with Henry Clay in 1844.

* Frederick Frelinghuysen ( general ), ( 1753-1804 ), lawyer, soldier, and senator from New Jersey.

Public school students in grades 7 through 12 attend the North Warren Regional High School in Blairstown, a public secondary high school, serving students from the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton.

Frelinghuysen Township was created March 7, 1848, from portions of the township.

Public school students in grades 7 through 12 attend the North Warren Regional High School ( 1, 044 students ) in Blairstown, a public secondary high school, serving students from the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton.

He was elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frederick Frelinghuysen and served from November 12, 1796 to March 4, 1799, but declined to be a candidate for reelection.

In March 1884, with the help of President Chester A. Arthur and Secretary of State Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, the Cardinal helped save the Pontifical North American College from spoilation by the Italian government.

Ross found support in Congress from individuals in the National Republican Party, such as senators Henry Clay, Theodore Frelinghuysen, and Daniel Webster and representatives Ambrose Spencer and David ( Davy ) Crockett.

The Whippany River, as seen from the grounds of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum.

Ross found support in Congress from individuals in the National Republican Party, such as senators Henry Clay, Theodore Frelinghuysen, and Daniel Webster, as well as representatives Ambrose Spencer and David ( Davy ) Crockett.

Frederick Frelinghuysen ( April 13, 1753April 13, 1804 ) was an American lawyer, soldier, and senator from New Jersey.

Among his other descendants are Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen ( 1817 – 1885 ), U. S. Senator and Secretary of State ; Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen ( 1869 – 1948 ) US Senator from New Jersey ; Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. ( 1916 – 2011 ) New Jersey Congressman ; and Rodney Frelinghuysen ( born 1946 ) New Jersey Congressman.

His great-grandfather, Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, was a minister and theologian of the Dutch Reformed Church, influential in the founding of Queen's College, now Rutgers University, and one of four key leaders of the First Great Awakening in Colonial America.

Not long afterward, he was persuaded by his Rutgers classmate Frederick T. Frelinghuysen to join him in Newark and pursue legal studies at the Office of the Collector of the Port of Newark.

* Frelinghuysen Hall, College Avenue, Rutgers-New Brunswick ( Residence Hall )

While at Queen's, Leydt studied under Frederick Frelinghuysen, the college's first tutor.

Partnered with him in the law firm, Vinton, Belmont & Frelinghuysen, were his cousin, the writer Arthur Dudley Vinton, and George Frelinghuysen, future president of the Ballantine Brewing Company.

The company eventually settled on Frelinghuysen Avenue in Newark, New Jersey.

Theodore Frelinghuysen ( March 28, 1787April 12, 1862 ) was an American politician, serving as New Jersey Attorney General, United States Senator, and Mayor of Newark, New Jersey before running as a candidate for Vice President with Henry Clay on the Whig ticket in the election of 1844.

Existing trackage was also used from Elizabeth to Newark, on Bayway, Broad Street, Newark Avenue, Frelinghuysen Avenue, a one-way pair on Miller Street and Vanderpool Street, and Broad Street.

* Theodore Frelinghuysen ( 1787 – 1862 ) New Jersey Attorney General, U. S. senator, and mayor of Newark, New Jersey