James L. Voorhees

James L. Voorhees (August 6, 1794 – December 19, 1865) was an American farmer, lumberman, and politician from New York.

Life[edit]

Voorhees was born on August 6, 1794, in Charleston, New York. He moved to Lysander in 1810, where he worked as a farmer and lumberman. He served as town supervisor for many years.^[1]

In 1830, he unsuccessfully ran for the New York State Assembly as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party. In 1838, he was elected to the Assembly as a Whig and one of the representatives of Onondaga County. He served in the Assembly in 1839.^[2] In the 1860 presidential election, he was a presidential elector for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.^[3]

Voorhees was married to Martha Northrup. They had eight children, including Mrs. M. Sophia Austin and J. L. Voorhees.^[1]

Voorhees died in Lysander on December 19, 1865.^[4] He was buried in the Plainville Rural Cemetery in Plainville.

^ ^a ^b Hall, Dwight H., ed. (1896). "Family Sketches". Onondaga's Centennial: Gleanings of a Century. Vol. II. The Boston History Company. p. 115 – via Google Books.
^ Bruce, Dwight H., ed. (1896). Onondaga's Centennial: Gleanings of a Century. Vol. I. The Boston History Company. pp. 279, 284 – via Google Books.
^ Proceedings of the New York Electoral College, Held at the Capitol in the City of Albany, December 4, 1860. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Company. 1861. p. 11 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Hon. James L. Voorhees". New-York Daily Reformer. Vol. V, no. 292. Watertown, N.Y. 22 December 1865. p. 2 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.

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