Benjamin Orr (Massachusetts politician)

Benjamin Orr ( born December 1, 1772 in Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, † September 3, 1828 in Brunswick, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1817 and 1819 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Benjamin Orr appropriated the necessary primary knowledge to themselves; after which he served an apprenticeship as a carpenter. In addition, he worked temporarily as a teacher. Until 1798 he studied at Dartmouth College in Hanover. After studying law and his 1801 was admitted to the bar he began in Brunswick to work in this profession. In the same year he transferred his residence and his law firm after Topsham, also in the former Maine District of the State of Massachusetts. Orr was also a board member at Bowdoin College. From 1814 to 1828, he served as curator of this school. In the years 1815 and 1816 he was also responsible for the finances of the Bowdoin College.

Politically, Orr member of the Federalist Party. In the congressional elections of 1816 he was in the 16th electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Benjamin Brown on March 4, 1817. Since he resigned in 1818 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1819.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Benjamin Orr practiced as a lawyer again. Since 1822 he again lived in Brunswick, where he died on September 3, 1828.