Jackson Orr

Jackson Orr ( born September 21, 1832 in Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio; † March 15, 1926 in Denver, Colorado ) was an American politician. Between 1871 and 1875 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1836, Jackson Orr came with his parents to Benton in Elkhart County, Indiana. There he attended the public schools and then the Indiana University in Bloomfield. In 1856, Orr moved to Jefferson in Iowa. After studying law, he began to work as a lawyer. Between 1861 and 1863 he took part in an infantry unit of the Union Army in the Civil War as a captain. He then worked in Boone commercially.

Politically, Orr member of the Republican Party. In 1868 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Iowa. In the congressional elections of 1870 he was in the sixth electoral district of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles Pomeroy on March 4, 1871. In the following elections in 1872, he won the newly created ninth district of Iowa. He was able to complete two terms in Congress between 4 March 1871, and March 3, 1875. In his second term he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Ministry of Interior.

1874 renounced Orr on another candidacy. In 1875 he moved to Silverton in Colorado, where he spent three years as district judge in San Juan County. He then settled in Denver. There he again worked as a lawyer and in the real estate industry. 1882 Orr was appointed by U.S. President Chester A. Arthur as one of three negotiators should negotiate with the Indians a peace treaty. 1884 Orr competed unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the congressional elections. In 1893 and 1894 he was Chairman of the Fire and Police Committee of the city of Denver. Then he withdrew into retirement. Jackson Orr died on March 15, 1926 in Denver and was also buried there.

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