American politician
Foster McGowan Voorhees
In office Acting Preceded by John W. Griggs Succeeded by David Ogden Watkins (acting) In office Preceded by David Ogden Watkins(acting) Succeeded by Franklin Murphy In office Preceded by Frederick C. Marsh Succeeded by Joseph Cross
Born (1856-11-05 ) November 5, 1856Clinton, New Jersey , United States[ 1] Died June 14, 1927(1927-06-14) (aged 70)High Bridge, New Jersey , United States Political party Republican Education Rutgers 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 .[ 2] 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]
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References
^ "New Jersey Governor Foster McGowan Voorhees" . National Governors Association. Retrieved Aug 27, 2013 .^ "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 . Retrieved 2010-03-23 .^ New Netherland Institute ^ 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."^ 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.
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