VOORHEES, Daniel Wolsey, senator, born in Butler county, Ohio, 26 September, 1827. he was taken to Indiana in infancy by his parents, was graduated at Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) university in 1849, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1851, and began to practise in Covington, Indiana, in the same year. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for congress in 1856, and in 1858 was appointed United States district attorney for Indiana, which of-flee he held until 1861. In 1859 he went to Virginia, at the request of Governor Ashbel P. Willard, of Indiana, to defend John E. Cook, the governor's brother-in-law, who had been put on trial for participation in John Brown's raid. He was then chosen to congress and served from 1861 till 23 February, 1866, when his seat was contested successfully by Henry D. Washburn, but he sat in that body again in 1869-73. During his service in the house he was a member of the committees on elections, appropriations, the judiciary, the revision of laws, and the Pacific railroad. On the death of Oliver P. Morton, Mr. Voorhees was appointed to fill his seat in the United States senate, serving from 12 November, 1877, and he was elected for a full term in 1879, and re-elected in 1885. In early life Mr. Voorhees obtained the name of "The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash," by which he is still frequently called. He has made a reputation as an orator.