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Frelinghuysen, Frederick

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 13, 1753, in New Jersey. He was captain of a volunteer corps of artillery at the battles of Trenton and Monmouth, and it is said that it was he who killed Rhalle, the Hessian commander at Trenton. He was a senator in congress from 1793 to 1796. He died April 13, 1804.

FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK THE- ODORE, lawyer, United States senator, was born Aug. 4, 1817, in Millstown, N. J.

He was appointed attorney general of New Jersey in 1861, and reappointed in 1866. He was subsequently appointed a senator in congress from New Jersey to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the senate for the term ending in 1875. He was again re-elected to the senate for the unexpired term ending in 1877; and in 1881 was appointed secretary of state in the cabinet of President Arthur. He died May 20, 1885, in Newark, N. J.