Nelson H. 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 byWilliam P. Sprague
Succeeded byGeorge 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 byAnselm T. Holcomb, Joseph K. Will
Succeeded bySamuel B. Pruden
In office
January 7, 1856  January 1, 1860
Preceded bySamuel B. Pruden
Succeeded byA. B. Monahan
In office
January 3, 1870  January 4, 1874
Preceded byWilliam P. Johnson
Succeeded byCharles H. Grosvenor
Speaker of the Ohio House
In office
January 1, 1856  January 3, 1858
Preceded byFrancis C. LeBlond
Succeeded byWilliam Burnham Woods
In office
January 1, 1872  January 4, 1874
Preceded byA. J. Cunningham
Succeeded byGeorge L. Converse
Personal details
Born(1822-01-23)January 23, 1822
Washington County, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 4, 1882(1882-12-04) (aged 60)
Athens, Ohio
Political partyRepublican
Other political
affiliations
Whig

Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes (January 23, 1822 – December 4, 1882) was an American newspaperman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1875 to 1879.