[Publius]

“The country’s rising for Clay and Frelinghuysen!” — political slogan from 1844

[decal]

“’The country’s rising for Clay and Frelinghuysen!’ — political slogan from 1844”

THAT’S where I’d read that name before; turns out Rodney is Theodore’s great-great-great-nephew.

[Alberta's Child]

Thanks for that bit of history, Publius.

Frelinghuysen represents a district in New Jersey that has been one of the most staunchly Republican districts in the country's history.

It's also the closest thing we've had to a "royal family" here. I may be wrong about this, but I believe there has been a member of the Frelinghuysen family in Congress during almost every session of the House of Representatives since the U.S. Constitution was ratified.