Isaac I. Voorheis | |
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Member of the
Michigan House of Representatives from the Oakland County district | |
In office November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837 | |
In office January 3, 1848 – December 31, 1848 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Virginia, United States | December 22, 1799
Died | August 2, 1886 Lapeer, Michigan | (aged 86)
Political party | Democratic |
Isaac I. Voorheis, also Voorhees or Voorhies, (December 22, 1799 – August 2, 1886) was an American politician who served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Isaac I. Voorheis was born in Virginia [1] on December 22, 1799, [2] the son of Isaac Johannes Voorheis and Sarah Nevius. His father fought in the Revolutionary War as a member of the New Jersey state militia. [3] His parents moved the family to Seneca County, New York, in 1804, and in 1818 he moved to Riga, New York, and lived there for six years. [4]
In May 1824, he moved to Waterford, Michigan, and engaged in farming, [2] and within a few years became active in politics in the county. He was a Democrat, and was a supervisor in Pontiac in 1833 and 1834 and a delegate to the state's first constitutional convention in 1835. He served a term in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1835 and 1836, and another term in 1848. [5]
Voorheis sold his farm and moved into nearby Pontiac during the Civil War, then moved to Lapeer, Michigan, in 1866, and died there on August 2, 1886. [5]
Voorheis married Ann Merlin, [6] of New York, in 1826. She died in 1864, and in 1869 he married Jane E. Hovey, of Pontiac. [4]
Isaac I. Voorheis | |
---|---|
Member of the
Michigan House of Representatives from the Oakland County district | |
In office November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837 | |
In office January 3, 1848 – December 31, 1848 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Virginia, United States | December 22, 1799
Died | August 2, 1886 Lapeer, Michigan | (aged 86)
Political party | Democratic |
Isaac I. Voorheis, also Voorhees or Voorhies, (December 22, 1799 – August 2, 1886) was an American politician who served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Isaac I. Voorheis was born in Virginia [1] on December 22, 1799, [2] the son of Isaac Johannes Voorheis and Sarah Nevius. His father fought in the Revolutionary War as a member of the New Jersey state militia. [3] His parents moved the family to Seneca County, New York, in 1804, and in 1818 he moved to Riga, New York, and lived there for six years. [4]
In May 1824, he moved to Waterford, Michigan, and engaged in farming, [2] and within a few years became active in politics in the county. He was a Democrat, and was a supervisor in Pontiac in 1833 and 1834 and a delegate to the state's first constitutional convention in 1835. He served a term in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1835 and 1836, and another term in 1848. [5]
Voorheis sold his farm and moved into nearby Pontiac during the Civil War, then moved to Lapeer, Michigan, in 1866, and died there on August 2, 1886. [5]
Voorheis married Ann Merlin, [6] of New York, in 1826. She died in 1864, and in 1869 he married Jane E. Hovey, of Pontiac. [4]