He soon chose to relocate to Rochester, New York and opened his own practice on July 4, 1854, where he was eventually joined by his brother Quincy and sons Eugene and Charles.

[2] He was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the 28th District of New York and held that office from September 1, 1862, to March 31, 1863.

[3] In 1873, Van Voorhis joined the legal defense of Susan B. Anthony during her trial for voting in the 1872 elections, working alongside Henry Selden.

[6] Van Voorhis was an honorary pall-bearer at Douglass' funeral in 1895 and contributed to a monument erected in his honor in 1899.

[1] Through his son Eugene, a lawyer in Rochester, NY, his grandson was Judge John Van Voorhis, of the New York Court of Appeals.