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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, [https://books.google.com/books?ei=U7IPUri6NqGFyQH2nYH4Cw&id=9WJmAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22voorhies+paul+warren%22+university+michigan&q=%22voorhies+paul+warren%22#search_anchor Who's Who in the Midwest], 1949, page 1270
2. ^University of Michigan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ru7hAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA276&dq=%22paul+warren+voorhies%22+b.l.&hl=en&sa=X&ei=frMPUtjiA4WGyQHzy4HQDA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22paul%20warren%20voorhies%22%20b.l.&f=false General Register], 1901, page 276
3. ^University of Michigan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gKwiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA326&dq=%22paul+warren+voorhies%22+university+michigan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=57IPUqLODKuyygHYg4E4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22paul%20warren%20voorhies%22%20university%20michigan&f=false General Catalogue of Officers and Students: 1837-1901], 1902, page 326
4. ^Detroit Free Press, [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/566056982.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep%2021,%201916&author=&pub=Detroit%20Free%20Press%20(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=&desc=PROSECUTOR%20GRILLS%2021ST%20WARD%20VOTERS Proxecutor Grills 21st Ward Voters], September 21, 1916
5. ^Detroit Free Press, [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/566499346.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul%2030,%201920&author=&pub=Detroit%20Free%20Press%20(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=&desc=PAUL%20W.%20VOORHIES,%20CANDIDATE Paul W. Voorhies, Candidate], July 30, 1920
6. ^Owosso Press-Argus, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PrYoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WgYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4317,2141167&dq=paul-voorhies+attorney+general&hl=en Republicans of County are in Session Today], September 16, 1930
7. ^Ludington Daily News, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lGtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sEADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6583,2939189&dq=paul-voorhies+attorney+general&hl=en Three Issues Loom Before Brucker], November 24, 1930
8. ^Chicago Tribune, [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/doc/176418493.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep%2014,%201940&author=&pub=Chicago%20Tribune&edition=&startpage=&desc=GUARDED%20IN%20POST%20OF%20PROSECUTOR%20WHO%20WAS%20 Ousted Guarded in Post of Prosecutor who was Ousted], September 14, 1940
9. ^Associated Press, Michigan Daily, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19520109&id=tQpbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I04NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4992,2825890 Death Claims Paul Voorhies], January 9, 1952