Foster McGowan Voorhees

Foster McGowan Voorhees (November 5, 1856 – June 14, 1927) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 30th governor of New Jersey from 1899 to 1902.

Foster McGowan Voorhees
30th Governor of New Jersey
In office
Acting
February 1, 1898 – October 18, 1898
Preceded byJohn W. Griggs
Succeeded byDavid Ogden Watkins
(acting)
In office
January 17, 1899 – January 21, 1902
Preceded byDavid Ogden Watkins
(acting)
Succeeded byFranklin Murphy
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from Union County
In office
1894–1899
Preceded byFrederick C. Marsh
Succeeded byJoseph Cross
Personal details
Born(1856-11-05)November 5, 1856
Clinton, New Jersey, United States[1]
DiedJune 14, 1927(1927-06-14) (aged 70)
High Bridge, New Jersey, United States
Political partyRepublican
EducationRutgers University

Biography

Voorhees represented Union County in the New Jersey Senate from 1895 to 1898. As President of the Senate, he became acting governor briefly in 1898 when John W. Griggs resigned to become the Attorney General of the United States and again as an elected governor from 1899 to 1902. He was a New Jersey delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died of chronic myocarditis on his farm in High Bridge, New Jersey and was interred at Riverside Cemetery in Clinton, New Jersey.[2] Voorhees was of Dutch descent.[3]

Legacy

New Jersey's Voorhees Township, Voorhees High School, Voorhees dorm at Rutgers and Voorhees State Park, his former farm, are named in his honor.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "New Jersey Governor Foster McGowan Voorhees". National Governors Association. Retrieved Aug 27, 2013.
  2. "Foster Voorhees, Ex-governor, Dead. Was Chief Executive Of New Jersey During Spanish American War. Factor In Political Upset Largety Responsible For Grlggs's Election As First Republican Governor in 20 Years". The New York Times. June 15, 1927. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  3. New Netherland Institute
  4. History of Voorhees Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Voorhees Township, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2007. "Voorhees Township was named in honor of Foster McGowan Voorhees, the governor of New Jersey who granted the petition for Voorhees to become a separate township on March 3, 1899."
  5. Effross, Harris I. (1982). "Foster McGowan Vorhees" (PDF). In Stellhorn, Paul A.; Birkner, Michael J. (eds.). The Governors of New Jersey 1664-1974: Biographical Essays. New Jersey Historical Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-13.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.