Jackson Orr
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Jackson Orr (September 21, 1832 - March 15, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Born at Washington Court House, Ohio, Orr moved with his parents to Benton, Indiana, in 1836. He attended the common schools and Indiana University at Bloomington. He moved to Jefferson, Iowa, in 1856. He served in the Union Army as captain of Company H, Tenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry from 1861 to 1863. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Boone, Iowa. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1868.
Orr was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Forty-third Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874. He moved to Silverton, Colorado, in 1875.
Orr was elected county judge and served for three years. He moved to Denver, Colorado, and engaged in the practice of his profession and also in the real estate business. He served as president of the Denver Fire and Police Board in 1893 and 1894. He died in Denver, Colorado, March 15, 1926. He was interred in Fairmount Cemetery.
