Vern Voorhees Explained

Vern Voorhees
State House:Michigan
District:Calhoun County 1st
Term Start:January 1, 1933
Term End:December 11, 1934
Predecessor:Hazen J. Hatch
Successor:Fred J. Houseman
Birth Date:1878
Death Date:December 11, 1934
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Vern Voorhees (1878-1934) 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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101125080314/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,711609,00.html National Affairs: Legislators at Lansing