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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyCharles Henry VOORHIS
(1833-1896)
VOORHIS, Charles Henry, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Spring Valley, Bergen
County, N.J., March 13, 1833; attended the district schools; was
graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1853; moved
to Jersey City; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and
commenced practice in Jersey City, N.J.; delegate to the Republican
National Convention in 1864; presiding judge of Bergen County,
N.J., in 1868 and 1869; one of the organizers of the Hackensack
Improvement Commission in 1869 and also of the Hackensack Academy;
organized and served as first president of the Hackensack Water Co.
in 1873; became interested in banking; elected as a Republican to
the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); was not a
candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress;
resumed his former business pursuits; died in Jersey City, N.J.,
April 15, 1896; interment in New York Cemetery, Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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