Daniel Spader Voorhees Explained

Daniel Spader Voorhees Jr.
Term Start:1907
Term End:1913
Governor:Edward Casper Stokes
Predecessor:Frank Obadiah Briggs
Birth Date:15 August 1852
Spouse:Frances L. White

Daniel Spader Voorhees Jr. (August 15, 1852 – August 12, 1935) was the New Jersey State Treasurer from 1907 to 1913. He was the superintendent of Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.

Biography

He was born on August 15, 1852, in Somerville, New Jersey, to Daniel Spader Voorhees, Sr. and Mary Louise Compton Doty.

On January 18, 1874, he married Frances L. White (born January 18, 1856). She was the daughter of Margaret and William W. White of New Brunswick, New Jersey.

In 1898 he was elected county clerk of Morris County. The New Jersey Senate convened on February 14, 1907, and appointed him as the New Jersey State Treasurer for a term of three years, to succeed Frank Obadiah Briggs. He started his term on March 1, 1907, and in 1910 was re-elected and served until 1913.[1] He was succeeded by Edward Everett Grosscup.[2]

He died on August 12, 1935, in Morristown, New Jersey.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Daniel Spader Voorhees. Henry Cooper Pitney. Henry Cooper Pitney. A History of Morris County, New Jersey: Embracing Upwards of Two Centuries, 1710-1913. 1914 . 418 .
  2. News: Grosscup State Treasurer and Hughes Senator . . January 29, 1913 . 2013-11-16 .
  3. News: Daniel S. Voorhees Dies in Hospital, 82. Republican Leader Had Been Official of State Institution at Greystone Park . The New York Times . August 12, 1935 . 2014-08-23 .