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.[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 August 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 March 23, 2010.
  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 August 13, 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the New Jersey Senate
1898 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Acting Governor of New Jersey
February 1, 1898 – October 18, 1898 		Succeeded by
David Ogden Watkins
Acting Governor
Preceded by
David Ogden Watkins
Acting Governor
 Governor of New Jersey
January 17, 1899 – January 21, 1902 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey
1898 		Succeeded by
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_M._Voorhees
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