Foster McGowan Voorhees
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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.
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| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byRobert Williams | President of the New Jersey Senate 1898 | Succeeded byWilliam H. Skirm |
| Preceded byJohn W. Griggs Governor | Acting Governor of New Jersey February 1, 1898 – October 18, 1898 | Succeeded byDavid Ogden Watkins Acting Governor |
| Preceded byDavid Ogden Watkins Acting Governor | Governor of New Jersey January 17, 1899 – January 21, 1902 | Succeeded byFranklin Murphy |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded byJohn W. Griggs | Republican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey 1898 | Succeeded byFranklin Murphy |