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  Voorhis, Horace Jeremiah "Jerry"
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NameHorace Jeremiah "Jerry" Voorhis
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Claremont, California , United States
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Born April 06, 1901
DiedSeptember 11, 1984 (83 years)
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InfoVOORHIS, Horace Jeremiah (Jerry), a Representative from California; born in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kans., April 6, 1901; attended the public schools in Ottawa, Kans., Oklahoma City, Okla., Peoria, Ill., and Pontiac, Mich; was graduated from Yale University in 1923 and from Claremont (Calif.) College in 1928; worked in a factory, handled freight on the railroads, and worked as a cowboy in Wyoming; traveling representative for Y.M.C.A. in Germany in 1923 and 1924; worked in an automobile assembling plant in Charlotte, N.C., in 1924 and 1925; teacher in Allendale Farm School, Lake Villa, Ill., in 1925 and 1926 and Dray Cottage Home for Boys, Laramie, Wyo., in 1926 and 1927; headmaster and trustee of Voorhis School for Boys, San Dimas, Calif., 1928-1938; lecturer at Pomona College, Claremont, Calif., 1930-1935; unsuccessful candidate for the State assembly in 1934; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; author; executive director of the Cooperative League of the United States of America, 1947-1967; became secretary, Group Health Association of America, in 1947; resided in Claremont, Calif., until his death there, September 11, 1984; interment in Mountain View Cemetery, Pasadena, Calif.

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Unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the Assembly from the 49th District in 1934.

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  11/05/1946 CA District 12 Lost 42.71% (-13.32%)
  06/04/1946 CA District 12 - PRB Primary Lost 39.57% (-20.87%)
  06/04/1946 CA District 12 - D Primary Won 79.96% (+63.75%)
  06/04/1946 CA District 12 - R Primary Lost 31.86% (-32.25%)
  11/07/1944 CA DIstrict 12 Won 55.31% (+10.62%)
  11/03/1942 CA District 12 Won 56.84% (+13.68%)
  11/05/1940 CA DIstrict 12 Won 64.03% (+28.81%)
  11/08/1938 CA District 12 Won 60.80% (+28.00%)
  11/03/1936 CA District 12 Won 53.72% (+7.44%)
  08/25/1936 CA District 12 - D Primary Won 30.08% (+5.00%)
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