Jehu Amaziah Orr

Jehu Amaziah Orr (May 10, 1828 – March 10, 1921) was an American lawyer, slaveowner, army officer, and politician who served in the Confederate States Congress representing Mississippi during the American Civil War.

Biography Orr was born in Anderson County, South Carolina. He was the younger brother of James L. Orr. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from the College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) in 1849, and later returned to receive a Master of Arts in 1857. He later moved to Mississippi, where he was a member of the state legislature in 1852. In his new home state, Orr became a wealthy planter, holding forty eight people as slaves in 1860.

Initially a Unionist, Orr later supported the cause of secession and was a delegate to the Mississippi state secession convention in January, 1861. Orr was elected colonel of the regiment, leading it in several battles during the Vicksburg Campaign. When he died aged 93, he was the second-to-last surviving member of the Confederate Congress.