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Frelinghuysen returned to the Senate from the state's Class III seat in 1871.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=354990 NJ US Senate Race - Jan 01, 1871]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 8, 2021.</ref>

Frelinghuysen returned to the Senate from the state's Class III seat in 1871.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=354990 NJ US Senate Race - Jan 01, 1871]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 8, 2021.</ref>

During his tenure, Frelinghuysen supported the [[Radical Republicans]]' program for Reconstruction that emphasized a harsh treatment of former [[Confederate]]s.<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/frelinghuysen-frederick-theodore Frelinghuysen, Frederick Theodore]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 8, 2021.</ref> He later allied with the GOP Stalwart faction whose members tended to utilize corruption/[[patronage]] effectively, though was considered to have a clean record.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/>

During his tenure, Frelinghuysen supported the [[Radical Republicans]]' program for Reconstruction that emphasized a harsh treatment of former [[Confederate]]s.<ref name=encyclopedia.combio>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/frelinghuysen-frederick-theodore Frelinghuysen, Frederick Theodore]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 8, 2021.</ref> He later allied with the GOP Stalwart faction whose members tended to utilize corruption/[[patronage]] effectively, though was considered to have a clean record.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/>

In 1876, Frelinghuysen was appointed to a special committee tasked with examining the [[United States presidential election, 1876|presidential election that year]] between [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[Samuel J. Tilden]], where Hayes won the electoral vote though lost the popular vote.<ref name=obituary/> His selection substituted that of Stalwart leader [[Roscoe Conkling]], whose initial proposed appointment for the committee drew fierce opposition. The group ultimately established the Compromise of 1877 which ended Reconstruction and marked the return of the South into the hands of [[Jim Crow]] Democrats.

In 1876, Frelinghuysen was appointed to a special committee tasked with examining the [[United States presidential election, 1876|presidential election that year]] between [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[Samuel J. Tilden]], where Hayes won the electoral vote though lost the popular vote.<ref name=obituary/> His selection substituted that of Stalwart leader [[Roscoe Conkling]], whose initial proposed appointment for the committee drew fierce opposition. The group ultimately established the Compromise of 1877 which ended Reconstruction and marked the return of the South into the hands of [[Jim Crow]] Democrats.

Upon taking the post, Frelinghuysen was tasked with resolving a number of consequences resulted by the actions of his predecessor Blaine.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/> Sharing the vision held by [[William H. Seward]] of the United States dominating the global market in setting an example for other nations to follow, he quickly reverted Blaine's disastrous decisions, withdrawing the U.S. from the [[War of the Pacific]] between [[Chile]] and [[Peru]] in which his predecessor unsuccessfully backed the Peruvians.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/>

Upon taking the post, Frelinghuysen was tasked with resolving a number of consequences resulted by the actions of his predecessor Blaine.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/> Sharing the vision held by [[William H. Seward]] of the United States dominating the global market in setting an example for other nations to follow, he quickly reverted Blaine's disastrous decisions, withdrawing the U.S. from the [[War of the Pacific]] between [[Chile]] and [[Peru]] in which his predecessor unsuccessfully backed the Peruvians.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/>

Frelinghuysen's other actions included a scheduled Pan-American conference Blaine had originally planned.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/>

Frelinghuysen's other actions included a scheduled Pan-American conference Blaine had originally planned.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/><ref name=encyclopedia.combio/>

==Death and burial==

==Death and burial==