Background
Voorhies, Paul Warren was born on December 17, 1875 in Plymouth, Michigan, United States. Son of James Warren and Jennie (Gillespie) Voorhies.
Voorhies, Paul Warren was born on December 17, 1875 in Plymouth, Michigan, United States. Son of James Warren and Jennie (Gillespie) Voorhies.
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.
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. In the 1910s Voorhies served in the Wayne County Prosecutor"s office and advanced to Chief Deputy. In the late 1920s he was a Special Assistant Attorney General, working under Attorney General Wilber M. Brucker.
In 1930 Voorhies was the successful Republican nominee for Attorney General of Michigan, succeeding Brucker, and served from 1931 to 1933.
Voorhies returned temporarily to the Wayne County Prosecutor"s office in 1940, appointed after the incumbent had been removed on corruption charges. He died in Detroit on January 8, 1952 and was buried in Plymouth"s Riverside Cemetery.
Member Michigan Public Utilities Commission, 1935-1936. Member American Michigan State and Detroit bar associations. Mason.; Clubs: Detroit, Detroit Golf, Rotary.
Married Faye Bodmer, August 28, 1902. Children: Jeanne Eleanor, Pauline.