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Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes
Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Ohio's 15th district
	In office; March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Preceded by	William P. Sprague
Succeeded by	George W. Geddes
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives; from the Athens County district
	In office; December 2, 1850 – January 1, 1854 Serving with H. S. Bundy
Preceded by	Anselm T. Holcomb, Joseph K. Will
Succeeded by	Samuel B. Pruden
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives; from the Athens County district
	In office; January 7, 1856 – January 1, 1860
Preceded by	Samuel B. Pruden
Succeeded by	A. B. Monahan
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives; from the Athens County district
	In office; January 3, 1870 – January 4, 1874
Preceded by	William P. Johnson
Succeeded by	Charles H. Grosvenor
Speaker of the Ohio House
	In office; January 1, 1856 – January 3, 1858
Preceded by	Francis C. LeBlond
Succeeded by	William Burnham Woods
Speaker of the Ohio House
	In office; January 1, 1872 – January 4, 1874
Preceded by	A. J. Cunningham
Succeeded by	George L. Converse
Personal details
Born	January 23, 1822; Washington County, Pennsylvania
Died	December 4, 1882 (aged 60); Athens, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Other political; affiliations	Whig

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Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes (January 23, 1822 - December 4, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Biography

Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Van Vorhes moved to Athens County, Ohio, in 1832 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Apprenticed to a printer for six years. He was editor and proprietor of The Athens Messenger 1844-1861. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1850-1872 and served four years as speaker.

Lost election for Ohio Secretary of State as a Whig in 1853. Van Vorhes was elected probate judge in 1854, but resigned. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860. He entered the Union Army as a private in 1861 and was mustered out as colonel of the 92nd Ohio Infantry in the Summer of 1863, when his health failed.^[1]

Van Vorhes was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress. He died in Athens, Ohio, December 4, 1882 and was interred in West Union Street Cemetery.

References

^ Walker, Charles M (1869). History of Athens County, Ohio And Incidentally of the Ohio Land Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta etc. Robert Clarke & Co. p. 305.

United States Congress. "Nelson H. Van Vorhes (id: V000064)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-10-18

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[1] Walker, Charles M (1869). History of Athens County, Ohio And Incidentally of the Ohio Land Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta etc. Robert Clarke & Co. p. 305.

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 He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1858 to the [[36th United States Congress|Thirty-sixth]] Congress.
 He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860.
-He entered the [[Union Army]] as a private in 1861 and was mustered out as colonel of the [[92nd Ohio Infantry]] in the Summer of 1863, when his health failed.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Athens County, Ohio And Incidentally of the Ohio Land Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta etc. |last=Walker |first=Charles M |year=1869 |publisher =Robert Clarke & Co |page=305 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=o3YFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA305}} </ref>
+He entered the [[Union Army]] as a [[private]] in 1861 and was mustered out as [[colonel]] of the [[92nd Ohio Infantry]] in the Summer of 1863, when his health failed.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Athens County, Ohio And Incidentally of the Ohio Land Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta etc. |last=Walker |first=Charles M |year=1869 |publisher =Robert Clarke & Co |page=305 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=o3YFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA305}} </ref>
 Van Vorhes was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[44th United States Congress|Forty-fourth]] and [[45th United States Congress|Forty-fifth]] Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879).