US Representative from New Jersey's 11th district for 24 years. On January 29th 2018, Rodney Frelinghuysen announed that he would not seek reelection in November of that year. Rodney is a member of a family long prominent in New Jersey politics. Born in New York, NY, April 29, 1946; B.A., Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., 1969; graduate studies, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.; United States Army, 1969-1971; state and federal aid coordinator and administrative assistant to board of chosen freeholders, Morris County, NJ, 1972; board of chosen freeholders, Morris County, NJ, 1974-1983, director, 1980; member, New Jersey commission on capital budgeting and planning; member of the New Jersey state general assembly, 1983-1994; Morris County, N.J., Republican Committee; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and all succeeding Congresses, till the One Hundred Fifteenth (1995-2019).