Paul Warren Voorhies (December 17, 1875 – January 8, 1952) was a Michigan lawyer who served as Wayne County Prosecutor and Michigan Attorney General.
Biography Voorhies was born in Plymouth, Michigan on December 17, 1875.A.N. Marquis, Who's Who in the Midwest, 1949, page 1270 He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1898 with a Bachelor of Letters degree and the University of Michigan Law School with a Bachelor of Laws in 1900.University of Michigan, General Register, 1901, page 276 He was admitted to the bar and practiced briefly in Erie County, New York before returning to Michigan and establishing himself as an attorney in Detroit.University of Michigan, General Catalogue of Officers and Students: 1837-1901, 1902, page 326 In the 1910s Voorhies served in the Wayne County Prosecutor's office and advanced to Chief Deputy.Detroit Free Press, Proxecutor Grills 21st Ward Voters, September 21, 1916
A Republican, Voorhies won election as Wayne County Prosecutor in 1920 and 1922, serving from 1921 to 1925.Detroit Free Press, Paul W. Voorhies, Candidate, July 30, 1920
In the late 1920s he was a Special Assistant Attorney General, working under Attorney General Wilber M. Brucker.Owosso Press-Argus, Republicans of County are in Session Today, September 16, 1930 In 1930 Voorhies was the successful Republican nominee for Attorney General of Michigan, succeeding Brucker, and served from 1931 to 1933.Ludington Daily News, Three Issues Loom Before Brucker, November 24, 1930
Voorhies returned temporarily to the Wayne County Prosecutor's office in 1940, appointed after the incumbent had been removed on corruption charges.Chicago Tribune, Ousted Guarded in Post of Prosecutor who was Ousted, September 14, 1940
He died in Detroit on January 8, 1952, and was buried in Plymouth's Riverside Cemetery.Associated Press, Michigan Daily, Death Claims Paul Voorhies, January 9, 1952
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