Charles N. Orr Politician

Charles Noah "Charlie" Orr (June 7, 1877 – January 10, 1949) was a Minnesota politician and the first Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate.Orr worked as an attorney and in the office of the state auditor before being elected to office. He was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1910, and was elected to the Senate in 1914. He served in the Senate for the rest of his life, becoming the first Majority Leader of the body in 1933, representing the Conservative Caucus in the then-nonpartisan body.Orr died of a heart attack on the way to the capitol on January 10, 1949.Orr was married to Ellen May Adams, who died on June 12, 1938. The couple had two daughters, Marian and Janet.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 07, 1877
Birth place
Princeton Minnesota
Religion
Methodism
Date of deathJanuary 10, 1949
Place of death
Saint Paul Minnesota
Education
Hamline University
William Mitchell College of Law
Carleton College

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Politician

office
Minnesota State Representative
Minnesota State Senator
party
Republican Party of Minnesota
Conservatism in the United States
Nonpartisanism
successor

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