Background
VOORHIES, Edmund W. was born on March 6, 1865 in New York City. Son of Jacobus and (Van Dyke) Voorhies.
United States Shipping Commissioner
VOORHIES, Edmund W. was born on March 6, 1865 in New York City. Son of Jacobus and (Van Dyke) Voorhies.
Business. College.
Y. Appointed Postmaster, Brooklyn, 1910. Appointed Commissioner of Public Works, Brooklyn, 1914. Appointed United States Shipping Commissioner, since 1921.
Member: Saint Nicholas Society, Nassau Island. The Holland Society of New York. Clubs: Republic, National.
Republic, Union League, Republic.
Spouse Sarah Myscoff, November 15, 1888, Brooklyn, N.