OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
James Lawrence Orr

BORN:
May 12, 1822
Craytonville, South Carolina

DIED:
May 5, 1873 (age 50)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

EDUCATION:
University of Virginia (BA, 1842)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1843:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Anderson, South Carolina 
1844-1847
Member. South Carolina House of Representatives
1849-1859:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-SC)
1851:
Member of the Southern Rights Convention held in Charleston, SC 
1857-1859:
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Leader of the House Democratic Caucus
1860:
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Charleston, SC 
1861-1865:
Confederate States Senator from South Carolina,
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War 
1865:
Special commissioner sent to President Johnson to negotiate the establishment of provisional government for the State of South Carolina,
Member of the State Constitutional Convention 
1865-1868:
Governor of South Carolina
1868-1870:
Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit 
1872:
Member of the Republican State Convention 
1872-1873:
U.S. Ambassador to Russia

RESOURCES: 
Biographical Directory of Congress
House of Representatives
South Carolina Encyclopedia
Wikipedia

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