Orrin McClure

Orrin McClure was an American politician, sheriff, and inventor. He served one term in the New York State Assembly alongside John Woodward Jr. He went on to serve at the 12th sheriff of Chautauqua County, New York (1843–1846).

Biography McClure lived in Fredonia, New York. He married Dorinda Bennett and they had seven children.

He served as postmaster of Fredonia from July 30, 1827, to May 28, 1832.

In 1843, at the county's Whig Party convention, he ran for Chautauqua County Clerk against Alvin Plumb and John G. Hinckley, and lost. At the same convention, he was nominated for Chautauqua County Sheriff, and won, defeating Charles Orton.