Jehu Amaziah Orr

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.

Jehu Amaziah Orr
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)

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. "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.
  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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