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Charles Prentiss Orr

Charles Prentiss Orr

11th Commissioned Judge,
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

 

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

Nominated byWilliam H. Taft on March 25, 1909, to a new seat created by 35 Stat. 656; Confirmed by the Senate on April 8, 1909; received commission on April 8, 1909; sworn in April 10, 1909.

Service terminated on May 16, 1922, due to death.


Professional Career:
Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1886-1909

Education:
Hamilton College, A.B., 1879
Read law, 1881

Personal:
Born February 22, 1858, in Allegheny, PA
Died May 16, 1922