Orr, James Lawrence, 1822-73, American politician, b. Craytonville, S.C. He served in the South Carolina legislature (1844-48) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1849-59), where he was (1857-59) speaker. Orr opposed secession during the 1850s but followed his state into the Confederacy after Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. After brief military service, he was elected (Dec., 1861) to the Confederate senate, where he held office throughout the Civil War. He was elected governor of South Carolina in 1866. Orr, at first a supporter of President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan, became a radical Republican when it became clear that the radical Republicans were dominant. He was appointed (Dec., 1872) minister to Russia, where he died.

Orr is a surname. For an article about the name, see: Orr (surname).

People

• Alexander D. Orr, American farmer and politician
• Archibald Orr-Ewing
• Archibald Donald Orr-Ewing
• Ashley Rose Orr
• Benjamin Orr, bass guitarist of The Cars
• Benjamin Orr (Massachusetts politician)
• Bobby Orr, Canadian hockey player
• Bradley Orr
• Buxton Orr
• Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing
• Charles Wilfred Orr, English composer
• Christopher Orr
• Colton Orr
• Danny Orr
• Dave Orr
• David Duvall Orr
• Douglas Orr, American architect
• Emma Restall Orr
• Gary Orr, Scottish golfer
• Gregory Orr
• James Orr:
• James Orr (poet) (1770–1816), poet from Ulster
• James Lawrence Orr (1822–1873), United States politician
• James Orr (umpire), Australian cricket umpire
• James Orr (Royal Household)
• Jimmy Orr
• John Boyd Orr, Scottish biologist and Nobel peace laureate
• Johnny Orr, American basketball coach
• Jonathan Orr
• Kay A. Orr
• Kevin Orr
• Leonard Orr
• Louis Orr
• Marion Orr, Canadian aviator
• Norman Orr-Ewing
• Orr (Catch-22), fictional character
• Peter Orr
• Robert Orr:
• Robert D. Orr, former Governor of Indiana
• Robert F. Orr, American judge
• Robert Gordon Orr, Canadian hockey player
• Robin Orr
• Rodney Orr, NASCAR driver
• Ronald Orr-Ewing
• Shantee Orr
• Sheena Shirley Orr, original name of Scottish singer Sheena Easton
• Stephens Orr
• Sydney Sparkes Orr
• Wesley Fletcher Orr
• William Orr, of the United Irishmen
• William McFadden Orr (1866–1934), an Irish mathematician
• Orr-Ewing Baronets

Places

• Orr, Minnesota
• Orr, Germany a district of Pulheim

Acronyms and other uses

• Office of Rail Regulation, UK government agency
• Office of Refugee Resettlement, part of the United States Administration for Children and Families
• Offshore Racing Rules, system to permit different sailboats racing against each other
• 'orr' is an alternative notation for exclusive disjunction in mathematics

See also

• Ore (disambiguation)