Donald Edwin Voorhees (September 8, 1930 – May 16, 2001) was an American politician in the state of Iowa.
Voorhees was born in Winfield, Kansas. He attended St. John's College in Winfield and was a medical representative. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971 as a Republican, representing Black Hawk County, Iowa. He died in 2001.
His son, Donald Voorhees Jr., was sexually assaulted by John Wayne Gacy in 1967. Gacy served a prison term for this assault and later killed over 30 boys and young men.
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