| Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes | |||
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | ||
| Preceded by | William P. Sprague | ||
| Succeeded by | George W. Geddes | ||
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives | In office December 2, 1850 – January 1, 1854 Serving with H. S. Bundy | ||
| Preceded by | Anselm T. Holcomb, Joseph K. Will | ||
| Succeeded by | Samuel B. Pruden | ||
In office January 7, 1856 – January 1, 1860 | |||
| Preceded by | Samuel B. Pruden | ||
| Succeeded by | A. B. Monahan | ||
In office January 3, 1870 – January 4, 1874 | |||
| Preceded by | William P. Johnson | ||
| Succeeded by | Charles H. Grosvenor | ||
| Speaker of the Ohio House | |||
In office January 1, 1856 – January 3, 1858 | |||
| Preceded by | Francis C. LeBlond | ||
| Succeeded by | William Burnham Woods | ||
In office January 1, 1872 – January 4, 1874 | |||
| Preceded by | A. J. Cunningham | ||
| Succeeded by | George L. Converse | ||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | January 23, 1822 Washington County, Pennsylvania | ||
| Died | December 4, 1882 (aged 60) Athens, Ohio | ||
| Political party | Republican | ||
| Other political affiliations |
Whig | ||
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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