Jackson Orr | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Pomeroy |
| Succeeded by | William Loughridge |
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| Born | (1832-09-21)September 21, 1832 |
| Died | March 15, 1926(1926-03-15) (aged 93) Denver, Colorado, U.S |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Indiana University |
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| Branch/service | Union Army |
| Rank | .svg) Captain |
| Unit | Company H,10th Iowa Infantry Regiment |
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Jackson Orr (September 21, 1832 – March 15, 1926) was a lawyer,Civil War officer, businessman, and two-term RepublicanU.S. Representative from westernIowa. Continuing westward, he spent the last five decades of his life inColorado.
Born atWashington Court House, Ohio, Orr moved with his parents toBenton, Indiana, in 1836.He attended the common schools andIndiana University at Bloomington.He moved toJefferson, Iowa, in 1856. He studied law and was admitted to the bar.From 1861 to 1863, he served in theUnion Army as captain of Company H,10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment .He engaged in mercantile pursuits in the City ofMontana (now Boone), Iowa, and served as member of theIowa House of Representatives in 1868. That year, (when Iowa had six seats in the U.S. House), he fell two votes short of winning theRepublican nomination to representIowa's 6th congressional district.[1]
In 1870 Orr won the Republican nomination,[2] and was elected to represent the 6th district in the42nd United States Congress. Based on the 1870 census, Iowa received three more seats in the House, and Orr's home county was then included in Iowa's new9th congressional district. Running in the new district, Orr won election to the43rd United States Congress, where he chaired theCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior. He served in Congress from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1875.
Orr was not a candidate for renomination in 1874, but instead moved toSilverton, a mining town in a newly opened area of southwesternColorado Territory, in 1875.
In Colorado, Orr was elected county judge and served for three years. He moved toDenver, Colorado, and engaged in the practice of his profession and also in the real estate business. In 1882, PresidentChester A. Arthur appointed him as one of three commissioners to implement a treaty between the United States and theUte tribe.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Colorado's at-large Congressional seat in 1884.[4] He served as president of the Denver Fire and Police Board in 1893 and 1894.
He died in Denver on March 15, 1926. He was interred inFairmount Cemetery in Denver.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's 6th congressional district 1871–1873 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by District created | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's 9th congressional district 1873–1875 | Succeeded by |
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