Charles N. Orr

Charles N. Orr
1st Minnesota Senate Majority Leader
In office
January 1933 – January 10, 1949
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded byArchie H. Miller
Minnesota State Senator
In office
1915–1949
Minnesota State Representative
In office
1911–1915
Personal details
Born
Charles Noah Orr

June 7, 1877
Princeton, Minnesota
DiedJanuary 10, 1949(1949-01-10) (aged 71)
St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota United States
Political partyRepublican
Nonpartisan, Conservative Caucus
SpouseEllen May Adams
ChildrenMarian and Janet
Alma materCarleton College
Hamline University
St. Paul College of Law
OccupationAttorney

Charles Noah Orr (June 7, 1877 – January 10, 1949) was a Minnesota politician and the first Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate.[1]

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.[2]