Jehu Amaziah Orr
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Jehu Amaziah Orr | |
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Born | Anderson County, South Carolina | May 10, 1828
Died | March 10, 1921 New York, New York | (aged 92)
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician |
Political party | Democrat |
Relatives | James 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 in New York on March 10, 1921.[2]
References
- ^ "Orr, Jehu Amaziah (1828-1921), jurist and legislator | American National Biography". www.anb.org. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0400756. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ "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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- People from Anderson County, South Carolina
- American Presbyterians
- Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Mississippi
- 19th-century American politicians
- Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States
- Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
- South Carolina Democrats
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