Jehu Amaziah Orr Explained

Jehu Amaziah Orr
Birth Date:10 May 1828
Birth Place:Anderson County, South Carolina
Death Place:New York, New York
Occupation:Lawyer, politician
Children:Pauline Van de Graaf Orr
Relatives:James L. Orr (brother)
Alma Mater:Princeton University
Party:Democrat

Jehu Amaziah Orr (May 10, 1828  - March 10, 1921) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1849 and later returned to receive a Master of Arts in 1857.[1]

Orr was born in Anderson County, South Carolina. He was the younger brother of James L. Orr. He later moved to Mississippi, where he was a member of the state legislature in 1852. He later represented the state in the Provisional Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress. After the war he served as a state court judge from 1870 to 1876.

He died at the home of his daughter, suffragist and educator Pauline Van de Graaf Orr, in New York on March 10, 1921.[2]

References

  1. Web site: Orr, Jehu Amaziah (1828-1921), jurist and legislator . American National Biography. 2000 . en. 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0400756. 2019-04-04. Boschert . Thomas N. . 978-0-19-860669-7 .
  2. News: Judge J. A. Orr Called Higher . . 1 . 1921-03-13 . 2020-01-03 . Newspapers.com.

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