Vern Voorhees

Vern Voorhees

Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the Calhoun County 1st district
In office January 1, 1933 – December 11, 1934
Preceded by	Hazen J. Hatch
Succeeded by	Fred J. Houseman
Personal details
Born	1878
Died	December 11, 1934 Kerns Hotel, Lansing, Michigan

Vern Voorhees was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was one of six members of the state House killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11, 1934. Also killed were representatives Charles D. Parker, T. Henry Howlett, John W. Goodwine, Don E. Sias, and D. Knox Hanna, along with state senator John Leidlein. The men were in Lansing for a special session of the Michigan legislature.