Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
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Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (March 12, 1869–February 8, 1948) represented New Jersey as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1917 to 1923.
Born in Raritan, New Jersey into a historic New Jersey political family, Joseph Frelinghuysen was the nephew of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen and cousin of current congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen.
After fighting in the Spanish-American War and starting an insurance business, Frelinghuysen was elected to the state Senate in 1905 and became president of that body in 1909. He held several state-wide offices before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1916. He was New Jersey's first directly elected senator following ratification of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution in 1913.
After a failed reelection bid in 1922, Frelinghuysen returned to the insurance business. He died in 1948 in Tucson, Arizona. He is interred at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Bernardsville, New Jersey.
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In 1921, American president Warren G. Harding, in accordance with a joint congressional act, signed a peace treaty officially ending America's involvement in World War I at the estate of Joseph Frelinghuysen. A memorial plaque was placed on the estate grounds commemorating the event. Today the estate is long gone and suburban sprawl has replaced it with mini-malls. The marker remains in a patch of grass near a Burger King parking lot along Rt 28, just North of the Somerville traffic circle.
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- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen on the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Political Graveyard
| Preceded by: James E. Martine |
U.S. Senator (Class 1) from New Jersey 1917–1923 |
Succeeded by: Edward I. Edwards |
