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Daniel Spader Voorhees Jr. | |
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| New Jersey State Treasurer | |
| In office 1907–1913 | |
| Governor | Edward Casper Stokes |
| Preceded by | Frank Obadiah Briggs |
| Succeeded by | Edward Everett Grosscup |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 15, 1852 |
| Died | August 12, 1935 (aged 82) |
| Spouse | Frances L. White |
| Parents |
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Daniel Spader Voorhees Jr. (August 15, 1852 – August 12, 1935) was the New Jersey State Treasurer from 1907 to 1913. He was the superintendent of Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was born on August 15, 1852, in Somerville, New Jersey, to Daniel Spader Voorhees, Sr. and Mary Louise Compton Doty.[2]
On January 18, 1874, he married Frances L. White (born January 18, 1856). She was the daughter of Margaret and William W. White of New Brunswick, New Jersey.[2]
In 1898 he was elected county clerk of Morris County. The New Jersey Senate convened on February 14, 1907, and appointed him as the New Jersey State Treasurer for a term of three years, to succeed Frank Obadiah Briggs. He started his term on March 1, 1907, and in 1910 was re-elected and served until 1913.[2] He was succeeded by Edward Everett Grosscup.[3]
He died on August 12, 1935, in Morristown, New Jersey.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Daniel S. Voorhees Dies in Hospital, 82. Republican Leader Had Been Official of State Institution at Greystone Park". The New York Times. August 12, 1935. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
- 1 2 3 Henry Cooper Pitney (1914). "Daniel Spader Voorhees". A History of Morris County, New Jersey: Embracing Upwards of Two Centuries, 1710-1913. p. 418.
- ↑ "Grosscup State Treasurer and Hughes Senator". The New York Times. January 29, 1913. Retrieved 2013-11-16.