Frederick Halstead Teese

Frederick H. Teese, New Jersey Congressman

Frederick Halstead Teese (October 21, 1823 – January 7, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.^[1]

Biography

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Teese was graduated from Princeton College in 1843, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Newark, New Jersey. He served as member of the State house of assembly in 1860 and 1861, serving as speaker in 1861. He was the presiding judge of the court of common pleas of Essex County, New Jersey from 1864 until his resignation in 1872. Teese was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He declined the nomination for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress, and resumed the practice of law.

He died in New York City January 7, 1894, and was interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey.^[1]

References

1. "Frederick Halstead Teese.". New York Times. January 9, 1894. Ex-Congressman Frederick Hoisted Teese, one of the best-known lawyers of Newark, died suddenly at the Hoffman House, this city, Sunday night from pneumonia. At 7 o'clock Mr. Teese arrived in New York from St. Louis, where he had been on business for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of this city.

External links

• United States Congress. "Frederick Halstead Teese (id: T000111)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.