Foster MacGowan 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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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 on June 14, 1927.[1]
New Jersey's Voorhees Township, Voorhees High School and Voorhees State Park are named in his honor.[2]
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| 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 |
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| Preceded by John W. Griggs |
Republican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey 1898 |
Succeeded by Franklin Murphy |
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