Foster MacGowan Voorhees
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Foster MacGowan 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.
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.
New Jersey's Voorhees Township, Voorhees High School and Voorhees State Park are named in his honor[1].
[edit] References
- ^ History of Voorhees, 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."
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Biography of Foster MacGowan Voorhees (PDF), New Jersey State Library
- New Jersey Governor Foster McGowan Voorhees, National Governors Association
- Political Graveyard biography
- Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for Foster M. Voorhees
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Robert Williams |
President of the New Jersey Senate 1898 |
Succeeded by William H. Skirm |
| Preceded by John W. Griggs |
Acting Governor of New Jersey February 1, 1898 – October 18, 1898 |
Succeeded by David Ogden Watkins |
| Preceded by David Ogden Watkins |
Governor of New Jersey January 17, 1899 – January 21, 1902 |
Succeeded by Franklin Murphy |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by John W. Griggs |
Republican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey 1898 |
Succeeded by Franklin Murphy |
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