Vern Voorhees

Vern Voorhees
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the Calhoun County 1st district
In office
January 1, 1933  December 11, 1934
Preceded by Hazen J. Hatch
Succeeded by Fred J. Houseman
Personal details
Born 1878
Died December 11, 1934
Kerns Hotel, Lansing, Michigan

Vern Voorhees was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was one of six members of the state House killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11, 1934. Also killed were representatives Charles D. Parker, T. Henry Howlett, John W. Goodwine, Don E. Sias, and D. Knox Hanna, along with state senator John Leidlein. The men were in Lansing for a special session of the Michigan legislature.[1]

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