Charles Henry Voorhis (March 13, 1833 – April 15, 1896) was a lawyer and judge from New Jersey.
He was a delegate to the 1864 Republican National Convention, was presiding judge of Bergen County, New Jersey in 1868 and 1869 and was one of the organizers of the Hackensack Improvement Commission in 1869 as well as of Hackensack Academy.
Voorhis organized and served as the first president of the Hackensack Water Company in 1873.
Both banks failed in the late 1870s, causing losses of approximately $2 million.
[3][4] He was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1878, serving from 1879 to 1881, not being a candidate for reelection in 1880.