Paul W. Voorhies

Paul W. Voorhies c. 1933

Paul Warren Voorhies (December 17, 1875 – January 8, 1952) was a Michigan lawyer who served as Wayne County Prosecutor and Michigan Attorney General.

Biography

Voorhies was born in Plymouth, Michigan on December 17, 1875.[1] He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1898 with a Bachelor of Letters degree and the University of Michigan Law School with a Bachelor of Laws in 1900.[2] He was admitted to the bar and practiced briefly in Erie County, New York before returning to Michigan and establishing himself as an attorney in Detroit.[3] In the 1910s Voorhies served in the Wayne County Prosecutor's office and advanced to Chief Deputy.[4]

A Republican, Voorhies won election as Wayne County Prosecutor in 1920 and 1922, serving from 1921 to 1925.[5]

In the late 1920s he was a Special Assistant Attorney General, working under Attorney General Wilber M. Brucker.[6] In 1930 Voorhies was the successful Republican nominee for Attorney General of Michigan, succeeding Brucker, and served from 1931 to 1933.[7]

Voorhies returned temporarily to the Wayne County Prosecutor's office in 1940, appointed after the incumbent had been removed on corruption charges.[8]

He died in Detroit on January 8, 1952, and was buried in Plymouth's Riverside Cemetery.[9]

References

  1. ^ A.N. Marquis, Who's Who in the Midwest, 1949, page 1270
  2. ^ University of Michigan, General Register, 1901, page 276
  3. ^ University of Michigan, General Catalogue of Officers and Students: 1837-1901, 1902, page 326
  4. ^ Detroit Free Press, Proxecutor Grills 21st Ward Voters, September 21, 1916
  5. ^ Detroit Free Press, Paul W. Voorhies, Candidate, July 30, 1920
  6. ^ Owosso Press-Argus, Republicans of County are in Session Today, September 16, 1930
  7. ^ Ludington Daily News, Three Issues Loom Before Brucker, November 24, 1930
  8. ^ Chicago Tribune, Ousted Guarded in Post of Prosecutor who was Ousted, September 14, 1940
  9. ^ Associated Press, Michigan Daily, Death Claims Paul Voorhies, January 9, 1952
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