Vern Voorhees | |
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| 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 (1878-1934) 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]