Terms of Service

• House, 20th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
  Democrat
  

(1) Andrews was 6½ miles east of Quitman in northeastern Wood County. The post office was discontinued in 1906. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• John Henry Voorhees (1846-1897), Myers Master File_2019-02-23 Family Tree, no birth or death dates. Ancestry.com .
• Confederate States Army, Private, Company F, 1st Alabama Infantry. John H. Voorhees, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com .
• Census of 1880 - John H. Vorrhees, Wood County, age 34, born circa 1846 in Florida, farmer, wife Hattie, daughter Ione. FamilySearch .
• John Henry Voorhees (1846-1897), burial in New Klondike Cemetery, Klondike, Delta County. Descendancy Narrative of John Henry Voorhees; no grave marker photo. Find a Grave .
• Mentioned in Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.

Committee Information

• 20th R.S. - 1887
• Educational Affairs  
• Public Debt  
• State Schools at Agricultural & Mechanical College and Prairie View Normal School (Co-Chair) 
• Stock and Stock Raising