- Nelson H. Van Vorhes
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Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 15th districtIn office
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879Preceded by William P. Sprague Succeeded by George W. Geddes Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Athens County districtIn office
December 2, 1850 – January 1, 1854
Serving with H. S. BundyPreceded by Anselm T. Holcomb, Joseph K. Will Succeeded by Samuel B. Pruden Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Athens County districtIn office
January 7, 1856 – January 1, 1860Preceded by Samuel B. Pruden Succeeded by A. B. Monahan Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Athens County districtIn office
January 3, 1870 – January 4, 1874Preceded by William P. Johnson Succeeded by Charles H. Grosvenor Speaker of the Ohio House In office
January 1, 1856 – January 3, 1858Preceded by Francis C. LeBlond Succeeded by William Burnham Woods Speaker of the Ohio House In office
January 1, 1872 – January 4, 1874Preceded by A. J. Cunningham Succeeded by George L. Converse Personal details Born January 23, 1822
Washington County, PennsylvaniaDied December 4, 1882 (aged 60)
Athens, OhioPolitical party Republican Other political
affiliationsWhig Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes (January 23, 1822 - December 4, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Biography
Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Van Vorhes moved to Athens County, Ohio, in 1832 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Apprenticed to a printer for six years. He was editor and proprietor of the Athens Messenger 1844-1861. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1850-1872 and served four years as speaker.
Lost election for Ohio Secretary of State as a Whig in 1853. Van Vorhes was elected probate judge in 1854, but resigned. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860. He entered the Union Army as a private in 1861 and was mustered out as colonel of the 92nd Ohio Infantry in the Summer of 1863, when his health failed.[1]
Van Vorhes was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress. He died in Athens, Ohio, December 4, 1882 and was interred in West Union Street Cemetery.
References
- ^ Walker, Charles M (1869). History of Athens County, Ohio And Incidentally of the Ohio Land Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta etc.. Robert Clarke & Co. p. 305. http://books.google.com/books?id=o3YFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA305.
- Nelson H. Van Vorhes at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-10-18
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