Foster McGowan Voorhees

Foster McGowan Voorhees


30th Governor of New Jersey
In office Acting February 1, 1898 – October 18, 1898
Preceded by	John W. Griggs
Succeeded by	David Ogden Watkins (acting)
In office January 17, 1899 – January 21, 1902
Preceded by	David Ogden Watkins (acting)
Succeeded by	Franklin Murphy
Member of the New Jersey Senate from Union County
In office 1894–1899
Preceded by	Frederick C. Marsh
Succeeded by	Joseph Cross

Personal details
Born	(1856-11-05)November 5, 1856 Clinton, 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.

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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] Voorhees was of 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]

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. June 15, 1927. 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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Political offices
Preceded by Robert Williams	President of the New Jersey Senate 1898	Succeeded by William H. Skirm
Preceded by John W. Griggs Governor	Acting Governor of New Jersey February 1, 1898 – October 18, 1898	Succeeded by David Ogden Watkins Acting Governor
Preceded by David Ogden Watkins Acting Governor	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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v t e Governors of New Jersey
Proprietary Province	Carteret
East New Jersey	Carteret Barclay Hamilton Basse Hamilton
West New Jersey	Byllynge Coxe Hamilton Basse Hamilton
Dominion of New England (1688–89)	Andros
Royal governors	Viscount Cornbury Baron Lovelace Ingoldesby (Lt. Gov.) Hunter Burnet Montgomerie Morris (acting) Cosby Anderson (acting) Hamilton (acting) Lord De La Warr Morris Hamilton (acting) Reading (acting) Belcher Reading (acting) Pownall (Lt. Gov.) Reading (acting) Bernard Boone Hardy Franklin
State (since 1776)	Livingston Paterson Howell Bloomfield Ogden W. S. Pennington M. Dickerson Williamson Vroom Southard Seeley Vroom P. Dickerson W. Pennington Haines Stratton Haines G. F. Fort Price Newell Olden Parker Ward Randolph Parker Bedle McClellan Ludlow Abbett Green Abbett Werts Griggs Voorhees F. Murphy Stokes J. F. Fort Wilson Fielder Edge Runyon* Edwards Silzer Moore Larson Moore Hoffman Moore Edison Edge Driscoll Meyner Hughes Cahill Byrne Kean Florio Whitman DiFrancesco* McGreevey Codey* Corzine Christie P. Murphy
* Under N.J.S.A. 52:15-5 (as amended in 2005), an acting governor serving for 180 continuous days or more is conferred the title of Governor.

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