Biography

10/12/1849 - 03/14/1902

VOORHEES, Charles E., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 12, 1849 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Central High School, 1866; conveyancer; messenger, Senate of Pennsylvania (1881-1883); resident clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1885-1893); elected, Chief Clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1893-1895); chief clerk, Republican City Committee, Philadelphia (1896-1902); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1897, 1899, and 1901 terms; died while in office, March 14, 1902 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.