Congressman John Van Voorhis was born on 22. Oct. 1826 at Decatur, Otsego County, New York. He was the son of
Rev. John Van Voorhis and
Elvira Leach. Congressman John Van Voorhis married
Frances Aristine Galusha, daughter of
Martin Galusha and
Almira Cole, on 2. Jan. 1858. Congressman John Van Voorhis held the position of congressman 46th and 47th Congress bt 4. Mar. 1879 - 3. Mar. 1883. Congressman John Van Voorhis was shown in the census on 3. Jun. 1880 as a lawyer.
Congressman John Van Voorhis and
Frances Aristine Galusha appeared on the census of 3. Jun. 1880 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Congressman John Van Voorhis held the position of congressman 53rd Congress bt 4. Mar. 1893 - 3. Mar. 1895. Congressman John Van Voorhis was shown in the census on 11. Jun. 1900 as a lawyer.
Congressman John Van Voorhis and
Frances Aristine Galusha appeared on the census of 11. Jun. 1900 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Congressman John Van Voorhis died on 20. Oct. 1905 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York, at age 78. He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York.

VAN VOORHIS, John, a Representative from New York; born in Decatur, Otsego County, N.Y., on October 22, 1826; pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced practice in Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y; member of the board of education in 1857; city attorney in 1859; appointed collector of internal revenue for the twenty-eighth district of New York and served from September 1, 1862, to March 31, 1863; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining (Forty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Rochester, N.Y; elected to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Rochester, N.Y., and died there on October 20, 1905; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.