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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsRobert Orr HARRIS
(1854-1926)
HARRIS, Robert Orr, (son
of Benjamin Winslow Harris), a Representative from Massachusetts;
born in Boston, Mass., November 8, 1854; attended the common
schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; was graduated
from Harvard University in 1877; studied law; was admitted to the
bar in 1879 and practiced in Boston and Brockton, Mass., 1879-1902;
member of the State house of representatives in 1889; district
attorney for the southeastern district of Massachusetts 1891-1901;
associate judge of the superior court of Massachusetts from June 4,
1902, to March 1, 1911; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second
Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1912; resumed the practice of law; appointed United
States district attorney for the Massachusetts district by
President Harding in 1921 and served until removed by President
Coolidge in December 1924; died in Brockton, Mass., June 13, 1926;
interment in Central Cemetery, East Bridgewater, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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