Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr. | |
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| United States Senator fromNew Jersey | |
| In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | James E. Martine |
| Succeeded by | Edward I. Edwards |
| President of theNew Jersey Senate | |
| In office 1909–1910 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel K. Robbins |
| Succeeded by | Ernest R. Ackerman |
| Member of the New Jersey Senate fromSomerset County | |
| In office 1906–1912 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel S. Childs |
| Succeeded by | William W. Smalley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1869-03-12)March 12, 1869 Raritan, New Jersey, US |
| Died | February 8, 1948(1948-02-08) (aged 78) Tucson, Arizona, US |
| Resting place | Saint Bernards Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Emily Macy Brewster |
| Children | Victoria F. Bates Emily F. McFarland Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Jr. |
| Parent(s) | Frederick Frelinghuysen Victoria Sherman |
Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Sr. (March 12, 1869 – February 8, 1948) representedNew Jersey as aRepublican in theUnited States Senate from 1917 to 1923.
He was born inRaritan, New Jersey, on March 12, 1869, to Frederick Frelinghuysen (1818–1891) and Victoria Bowen (1830–1914). His father was a lawyer who studied underRichard Stockton Field.[1] He came from a historic New Jersey political family. His paternal grandparents wereJohn Frederick Frelinghuysen (1776–1833), a lawyer andbrigadier general in theWar of 1812, and his second wife, Elizabeth Mercereau Van Vechten. His great-grandparents wereFrederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1753–1804), lawyer, soldier, andSenator fromNew Jersey, and his first wife, Gertrude Schenck (1752/53–1794).
After fighting in theSpanish–American War and starting an insurance business, Frelinghuysen was elected to the stateSenate in 1905 and became president of that body in 1909. He held several statewide offices before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1916. He was New Jersey's first directly elected senator following ratification of the17th Amendment to the Constitution in 1913. While in the Senate, he frequented theChevy Chase Club and would often golf with his fellow SenatorsWarren G. Harding,Stephen B. Elkins, andEugene Hale.[1]
In 1921, PresidentWarren G. Harding signed theKnox–Porter Resolution, officially ending America's involvement in World War I at Frelinghuysen's estate inRaritan, New Jersey.[2] The President stayed on the estate until at least July 4.[3] After a failed reelection bid in 1922, Frelinghuysen returned to the insurance business.
In 1938, after considering a run for one of the United States Senate seats in New Jersey,[4] Frelinghuysen declined to run. Instead, he put his support behind fellowRepublican, former SenatorW. Warren Barbour, for the Republican nomination.[5] Barbour eventually won the Senate seat and served until his death in 1943.[6]
Frelinghuysen married Emily Macy Brewster. Together they had three children:
His wife's portrait and that of Joseph Jr, were painted in 1916 by the Swiss-born American artistAdolfo Müller-Ury; it is today in the Newark Museum, New Jersey. Frelinghuysen owned an 88-foot houseboat calledVictoria that Harding used for 12 days after he won the1920 election for President, but before he wasinaugurated in March 1921.[1]
He died on February 8, 1948, inTucson, Arizona, and was interred at St. Bernard's Cemetery inBernardsville, New Jersey.
A memorial plaque was placed on the estate grounds commemorating theKnox–Porter Resolution officially ending America's involvement in World War I. Today the estate is long gone andsuburban sprawl has replaced it with mini-malls. The marker remains in a patch of grass near aBurger King parking lot alongRoute 28, just north of theSomerville traffic circle.[2]
President Harding attended church today and with the exception of a short automobile ride with Mrs. Harding through the hills of Somerset County, spent the rest of the day at " The Hill," home of Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen.
Victoria Frelinghuysen, daughter of onetime Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen of Manhattan and Far Hills, N. J., whose family included four Senators, whose great-great-grandfather served on Washington's staff and was a member of the Continental Congress; to John Grenville Bates Jr., member New York Stock Exchange; in Bernardsville, N. J.
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| Preceded by | U.S. Senator (Class 1) from New Jersey 1917–1923 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | President of theNew Jersey Senate 1909–1910 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by None | Republican Nominee for theU.S. Senate (Class 1) fromNew Jersey 1916,1922 | Succeeded by |
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