Donald Edwin Voorhees (September 8, 1930 â 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 a surviving victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.