Foster McGowan Voorhees (November 5, 1856 – June 14, 1927) was an American
Republican Party politician, who served as the 30th
governor of New Jersey
The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of New Jersey. The office of governor is an elected position with a four-year term. There is a two consecutive term term limit, with no limitation on non-consecutive terms. The official res ...
from 1899 to 1902.
Biography
Voorhees represented
Union County in the
New Jersey Senate
The New Jersey Senate was established as the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844, replacing the Legislative Council. There are 40 legislative districts, representing districts with an average population of 232, ...
from 1895 to 1898. As President of the Senate, he became acting governor briefly in 1898 when
John W. Griggs
John William Griggs (July 10, 1849 – November 28, 1927) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician, who served as the 29th governor of New Jersey, from 1896 to 1898. As Governor of New Jersey Griggs gained a reputation for siding wi ...
resigned to become the
Attorney General of the United States
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and again as an elected governor from 1899 to 1902. He was a New Jersey delegate to the
1900 Republican National Convention
The 1900 Republican National Convention was held June 19 to June 21 in the Exposition Auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Exposition Auditorium was located south of the University of Pennsylvania, and the later Convention Hall was constr ...
in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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. He died of chronic
myocarditis
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on his farm in
High Bridge, New Jersey
High Bridge is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 3,648,[Clinton, New Jersey
Clinton is a town in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It is located on the South Branch of the Raritan River in the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the town's population was 2,719,][Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...]
descent.
Legacy
New Jersey's
Voorhees Township,
Voorhees High School
Voorhees High School is a four-year public high school located in Lebanon Township, named for Foster McGowan Voorhees, the 30th Governor of New Jersey. It is one of two high schools in the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District ...
, Voorhees dorm at
Rutgers
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and
Voorhees State Park, his former farm, are named in his honor.
History of Voorhees
, Voorhees Township, New Jersey
Voorhees Township is a Township (New Jersey), township in Camden County, New Jersey, Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 29,131, reflecting an inc ...
. 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."
See also
* List of governors of New Jersey
References
External links
Biography of Foster MacGowan Voorhees (PDF)
New Jersey State Library
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Political Graveyard biography
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1856 births
1927 deaths
People from Clinton, New Jersey
American Presbyterians
American people of Dutch descent
Republican Party governors of New Jersey
Presidents of the New Jersey Senate
Republican Party New Jersey state senators
New Jersey lawyers
Rutgers University alumni
People from High Bridge, New Jersey
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19th-century American lawyers
19th-century American politicians
20th-century American politicians