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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsBenjamin ORR
(1772-1828)
ORR, Benjamin, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Bedford, N.H., December
1, 1772; self-educated; apprenticed as a carpenter; attended
Fryeburg (N.H.) Academy; taught school at Concord and New Milford,
N.H.; graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1798;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced the
practice of law in Brunswick, Maine (then a part of Massachusetts);
moved to Topsham, Maine, the same year and continued the practice
of law; overseer of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and served
as trustee from 1814 to 1828 and as treasurer in 1815 and 1816;
elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4,
1817-March 3, 1819); was not a candidate for renomination in 1818;
resumed the practice of law in Topsham, Maine; returned to
Brunswick, Maine, in 1822 and continued the practice of law; died
in Brunswick, Maine, on September 3, 1828; interment in Pine Grove
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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