Orton R. Karickhoff | |
Office: | Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Roane County |
Term Start: | December 1, 1972 |
Term End: | December 1, 1974 |
Preceded: | Orton A. Jones |
Succeeded: | Richard L. Miller |
State Senate2: | West Virginia |
District2: | 4th |
Term Start2: | December 1, 1946 |
Term End2: | December 1, 1950 |
Preceded2: | R. F. Musgrave |
Succeeded2: | E. Ray Reed |
Birth Name: | Orton Randolph Karickhoff |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1905 |
Birth Place: | Hodgesville, West Virginia, US |
Death Place: | Parkersburg, West Virginia, US |
Party: | Republican |
Education: | West Virginia Wesleyan College (BS) Ohio State University (MA) |
Orton Randolph Karickhoff (November 6, 1905 – August 21, 1987) was an American politician who served in both houses of the West Virginia Legislature.[1] He won election to the House against Democrat Richard L. Miller in 1972, 22 years after his service in the state senate, but lost a rematch in the newly-drawn 9th district two years later.