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Jehu Amaziah Orr

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Name
  
Jehu Orr

Role
  
Politician


Died
  
March 9, 1921

Siblings
  
James Lawrence Orr

Jehu Amaziah Orr Jehu Amaziah Orr 1828 1921 Find A Grave Memorial

Jehu Amaziah Orr (May 10, 1828 – March 9, 1921) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.

Jehu Amaziah Orr Jehu Amaziah Orr 1828 1921 Find A Grave Memorial

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.

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