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]
Daniel Spader Voorhees Jr. | |
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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 | Somerville, New Jersey | August 15, 1852
Died | August 12, 1935 Morristown, New Jersey | (aged 82)
Spouse | Frances L. White |
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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]