Albert Voorhies

Albert Voorhies (January 23, 1829 – January 20, 1913) was the 10th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. He was Lieutenant Governor under James Madison Wells from March 4, 1865 – June 3, 1867. He was a pro-slavery Southern Democrat and often at odds with the pro-suffrage, anti-slavery, Radical Republican Wells. He also found a career in justice and worked his way up to the Louisiana Supreme Court. He died January 20, 1913 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana at the age of 83 years and 362 days.

Voorhies was born to Cornelius and Marie Cidalise Voorhies. He married Marie Leotand Durand and with her had 6 children, Cornelius Arthur, Paul Emile, Charles Gaston, Joseph William, Henri Louis, and the lone daughter Marie Laurence.

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