Foster McGowan Voorhees

Foster McGowan Voorhees
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30th Governor of New Jersey
In office
January 17, 1899 – January 21, 1902
Preceded byDavid Ogden Watkins
Acting Governor
Succeeded byFranklin Murphy
Acting Governor of New Jersey
In office
February 1, 1898 – October 18, 1898
Preceded byJohn W. Griggs
Governor
Succeeded byDavid Ogden Watkins
Acting Governor
Member of the New Jersey Senate
In office
1895–1898
Personal details
Born(1856-11-05)November 5, 1856
Clinton, New Jersey, United States
DiedJune 14, 1927(1927-06-14) (aged 70)
High Bridge, New Jersey, United States
Political partyRepublican
EducationRutgers University

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.

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. Voorhees was of Dutch descent.

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.

See also


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