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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Nepotistic succession in the political class

A large, and rapidly growing, percentage of high elected officials are part of politically powerful families. What accounts for this anti-democratic dynamic?

Glenn Greenwald

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 09:20 AM

The Frelinghuysen dynasty is the longest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Frelinghuysen_(1753-1804)

Frederick Frelinghuysen (April 13, 1753 – April 13, 1804) was an American lawyer, soldier, and senator from New Jersey. A graduate of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), during the American Revolutionary War he was an officer in the New Jersey militia and served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. He was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1793 until 1796, and served as a U.S. District Attorney for New Jersey in 1801.

Among his descendants are

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885) US Senator and Secretary of State;

Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (1869-1948) US Senator from New Jersey;

Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (b. 1916) New Jersey Congressman;

and Rodney Frelinghuysen (b. 1946) New Jersey Congressman.

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