Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An inganta shi zuwa kwamandan a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 1828, kuma zuwa kyaftin a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 1838. An sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan jirgin ruwa a kan jirgin farko zuwa Bahar Rum a 1842. A watan Disamba na 1843, Voorhees ya shiga rundunar sojan Brazil ta Commodore Daniel Turner ta kewaye Montevideo don kare kasuwancin Amurka a lokacin yakin basasar Uruguay
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