Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk (1818-1905)

J.A.G. de Vos van Steenwijk
President of the Senate
In office 21 September 1874 – 24 April 1880
Preceded by	E.J.A. van Bylandt
Succeeded by	F.J.J. van Eysinga
Personal details
Born	25 September 1818 De Wijk, Netherlands
Died	17 October 1905 Brummen, Netherlands

Jan Arend Godert, Baron de Vos van Steenwijk (De Wijk, 25 September 1818 – Brummen, 17 October 1905) was a Dutch politician. He was president of the senate of the Netherlands from 1874 until 1880.

De Vos van Steenwijk came from a noble landowning and politically active family. He studied Roman and civil law in Utrecht until 1842.

From 1 December 1845 until 1 Januari 1856, De Vos was mayor and at the same time secretary (head of the civil service) of the municipalities of Stad Vollenhove and Ambt Vollenhove. From 7 June 1846 until 23 February 1853 he was a member of the States-Provincial of Overijssel, first for the nobility (Ridderschap), 1846-1850, and later for the constituencies of Kampen and Steenwijk, 1850-1853.

From 20 April 1853 until 1 May 1880 he was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands, representing the province of Overijssel. During this period he served also as mayor of Zwolle, the capital of Overijssel, from 1 January 1856 until 1 August 1867. He was president of the senate of the Netherlands from 21 September 1874 until 24 April 1880. He resigned this post upon being appointed King's Commissioner in the province of Utrecht on 1 May 1880. He would later resign this post on 1 January 1882, stating financial reasons for not being able to move to the Utrecht home of the King's Commissioner.

In 1861 he opposed the design on the creation of the Council of State of the Netherlands. In 1870 he opposed the abolition of the death penalty.

He was made a commander in the Order of the Netherlands Lion on 29 Januari 1877.

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