Philadelph Van Trump was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from Ohio who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1867 to 1873 after a career in law and journalism.
Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh was an American lawyer, Civil War officer, and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as U.S. Minister to Japan before becoming a justice of the Florida Supreme Court.
Daniel W. Voorhees (1827–1897) was an Indiana lawyer and Democratic statesman who served in both the U.S. House and Senate, representing Indiana in Congress for thirty-six years and becoming one of the state’s best-known nineteenth-century political figures.
Charles Stewart Voorhees was an Indiana-born lawyer and Democratic politician who represented Washington Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1885 to 1889 before returning to private legal practice.
Foster M. Voorhees (1856–1927) was a Republican lawyer and politician who served as the 30th governor of New Jersey from 1899 to 1902 after earlier service in the New Jersey Senate.
Henry Clay Van Voorhis (1852–1927) was an Ohio lawyer, banker, and Republican politician who represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1893 to 1905 before returning to banking and civic leadership in Zanesville.
Jerry Voorhis (1901–1984) was a Democratic congressman from California who served from 1937 to 1947, known for supporting New Deal policies and for losing his seat to Richard Nixon in the highly contested 1946 election.
Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes (1822–1882) was an Ohio newspaper editor, Civil War officer, and Republican politician who represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1875 to 1879 after years of service in Ohio state politics.
Peter Van Winkle (1808–1872) was a Unionist U.S. Senator from West Virginia during the Civil War and one of the state’s first senators after its 1863 admission, previously serving in Virginia politics and constitutional conventions.
James DeWolf (1764–1837) was a Rhode Island merchant, slave trader, and politician who served as a U.S. senator and state legislator. He amassed great wealth through maritime trade and slavery while also investing in early American cotton manufacturing.k.
