Jehu Amaziah Orr

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Jehu Amaziah Orr
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Born(1828-05-10)May 10, 1828
Anderson County, South Carolina
DiedMarch 10, 1921(1921-03-10) (aged 92)
New York, New York
Alma materPrinceton University
OccupationLawyer, politician
Political partyDemocrat
ChildrenPauline Van de Graaf Orr
RelativesJames L. Orr (brother)

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. ^ Boschert, Thomas N. (2000). "Orr, Jehu Amaziah (1828-1921), jurist and legislator". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0400756. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Judge J. A. Orr Called Higher". The Columbus Dispatch. March 13, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved January 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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