Foster McGowan Voorhees
| Foster McGowan Voorhees | |
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| 30th Governor of New Jersey | |
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In office January 17, 1899 – January 21, 1902 |
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| Preceded by |
David Ogden Watkins Acting Governor |
| Succeeded by | Franklin Murphy |
| Acting Governor of New Jersey | |
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In office February 1, 1898 – October 18, 1898 |
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| Preceded by |
John W. Griggs Governor |
| Succeeded by |
David Ogden Watkins Acting Governor |
| Member of the New Jersey Senate | |
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In office 1895–1898 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 5, 1856 Clinton, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | June 14, 1927 (aged 70) High Bridge, New Jersey, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
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.
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.
New Jersey's Voorhees Township, Voorhees High School, Voorhees dorm at Rutgers and Voorhees State Park, his former farm, are named in his honor.
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