Charles Stewart Voorhees

Charles Stewart Voorhees (June 4, 1853 – December 26, 1909) was an American lawyer and a two-term delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Territory of Washington.

Biography Voorhees was born in Covington, Indiana on June 4, 1853, a son of Anna Hardesty Voorhees and Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, who served in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate from Indiana. He attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and in 1873 he graduated from Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., June 26, 1873.

In 1888, Voorhees lost reelection to Republican John B. Allen, who served as delegate until Washington joined the Union as a state in November 1889. After leaving Congress, Voorhees resumed the practice of law in Colfax. He later moved to Spokane, where he continued the practice law. He died in Spokane on December 26, 1909. Voorhees was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Spokane.

Family In 1888, Voorhees married Frances "Fanny" Belle Vajen, the daughter of a prominent Indianapolis businessman. They were the parents of a daughter, Anna Belle.