Daniel Wolsey Voorhees
Born: September 26, 1827
Birthplace: Butler County Ohio
Father: Stephen Voorhees 1798 – 1880
(Buried: Union Christian Cemetery, Newtown, Indiana)
Mother: Rachel Elliott 1802 – 1891
(Buried: Union Christian Cemetery, Newtown, Indiana)
Wife: Anna Hardesty 1832 – 1887
(Buried: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana)
Children:
Harriet Cecelia Voorhees 1851 – 1919
(Buried: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana)
Charles Stewart Voorhees 1853 – 1909
(Buried: Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Washington)
James Paxton Voorhees 1855 – 1936
(Buried: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana)
Reese H. Voorhees 1858 – 1935
(Buried: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1849: Graduated from Indiana Asbury University
Occupation before War:
1851 – 1858: Attorney in Terre Haute Indiana
1856: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Congress
1858 – 1861: United States District Attorney for Indiana
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1865: United States Congressman from Indiana
1861 – 1863: Member of House Elections Committee
1863 – 1865: Ranking Member of House Elections Committee
1865: Absent during the 13th Amendment Voting
1865 – 1866: United States Congressman from Indiana
1865 – 1866: Ranking Member of House Appropriations Committee
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1869: Attorney in Terre Haute, Indiana
1869 – 1873: United States Congressman from Indiana
1869 – 1871: Ranking Member House Revisal of laws Committee
1869 – 1871: Member of House Pacific Railroad Committee
1871 – 1873: Member of House Judiciary Committee
1872: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1873 – 1877: Attorney in Terre Haute, Indiana
1877 – 1897: United States Senator from Indiana
1877 – 1885: Member of Senate Finance Committee
1877 – 1879: Member of Senate Pensions Committee
1879 – 1881: Chairman of Senate Library Committee
1879 – 1883: Member Senate Transportation Routes to Seaboard
1881 – 1885: Member of Senate Library Committee
1887 – 1889: Ranking Member of Senate Finance Committee
1887 – 1889: Ranking Member of Senate Library Committee
1889 – 1891: Member of Senate Immigration Committee
1891 – 1893: Ranking Member of Senate Finance Committee
1891 – 1893: Ranking Member of Senate Immigration Committee
1891 – 1893: Ranking Member of Senate Library Committee
1893 – 1895: Chairman of Senate Finance Committee
1895 – 1897: Ranking Member of Senate Finance Committee
1895 – 1897: Member of Senate Immigration Committee
1895 – 1897: Ranking Member of Senate Library Committee
1896: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection as U.S. Senator
Died: April 10, 1897
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 69 years old
Burial Place: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana
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