Daniel Spader Voorhees

Daniel Spader Voorhees, Jr.
New Jersey State Treasurer
In office
1907–1913
Governor Edward Casper Stokes
Preceded by Frank Obadiah Briggs
Succeeded by Edward Everett Grosscup
Personal details
Born (1852-08-15)August 15, 1852
Somerville, New Jersey
Died August 12, 1935(1935-08-12) (aged 82)
Morristown, New Jersey
Spouse(s) Frances L. White
Parents
  • Daniel Spader Voorhees, Sr.
  • Mary Louise Compton Doty

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.[1]

Biography

He was born on August 15, 1852 in Somerville, New Jersey to Daniel Spader Voorhees, Sr. and Mary Louise Compton Doty.[2]

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.[2]

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.[2] He was succeeded by Edward Everett Grosscup.[3]

He died on August 12, 1935 in Morristown, New Jersey.[1]

References

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