Charles H. Voorhis

Charles H. Voorhis

Charles Henry Voorhis (born March 13, 1833 in Bergen County , New Jersey , †  April 15, 1896 in Jersey City , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1881 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Voorhis attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1853 the Rutgers College in New Brunswick . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law in 1856, he began to work in Jersey City in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the then newly founded Republican Party . In June 1864 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Baltimore , where President Abraham Lincoln was nominated for re-election. In 1868 and 1869, Voorhis served as the presiding judge of the Bergen County District Court. In Hackensack he was one of the founders of a commission to improve the infrastructure in 1869. He was also involved in founding the Hackensack Academy . In 1873 he headed the water commission in Hackensack, which he had also set up. He also worked in the banking industry.

In the congressional election of 1878 Voorhis was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Augustus W. Cutler on March 4, 1879 . Since he refused to run again in 1880, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1881 . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Charles Voorhis resumed his previous activities. He died in Jersey City on April 15, 1896 and was buried in Hackensack.

Web links

• Charles H. Voorhis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles H. Voorhis in the database of Find a Grave (English)