Ortha Orrie Barr Jr.
Born(1922-03-04)March 4, 1922
Allen County, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMarch 24, 2003(2003-03-24) (aged 81)
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, U.S.
Resting placeOhio Western Reserve National Cemetery, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (B.A., LLB)
Occupation
  • Attorney
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMarie Virginia Infante (m. 1945)
Children5
Parents
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1942–1945
RankSergeant
Battles/warsWorld War II

Ortha Orrie Barr Jr. (March 4, 1922 – March 24, 2003) was an American attorney who was the Democratic Party candidate for Ohio's 4th congressional district for the U. S. House of Representatives in the 1956 congressional elections.[1][2] The Republican incumbent in 1956, William Moore McCulloch (1901–1980) defeated Barr in a landslide victory by nearly 38 percentage points. McCulloch was a twelve-term congressman from 1947 to 1973.[1]

Life

Born in 1922 in Ohio, Barr's parents were Ortha Orrie Barr Sr. and Bertha Anna Woerner.[1][3][4] Ortha Barr Jr. served in the United States Army during World War II,[5] and became a prisoner of war.[6][7] He was detained at the Stalag B Camp in Bad Orb, Hessen-Nassau in the then Prussia.[7] He attained the rank of sergeant. Before the conscription, he had completed two years of college and was skilled in metal product fabrication.[5]

After the war, he studied accounting at the University of Michigan, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1951.[8] He continued his studies at the University of Michigan Law School (Class of 1954), where his father, Ortha O. Barr Sr. had graduated from with an LLB degree in 1904.[9][10][11][12] Ortha Barr Jr. married Marie Virginia Infante in 1945 and they had five children.[13] He died in 2003 and was buried at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, Medina County.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Osterdahl, Andy (26 October 2013). "The Strangest Names In American Political History : Ortha Orrie Barr Sr. (1879-1958), Ortha Orrie Barr Jr. (1922-2003)". The Strangest Names In American Political History. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ Kalb, Deborah (24 December 2015). Guide to U.S. Elections. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-4833-8035-3. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Barr - Public Member Photos & Scanned Documents - Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Bertha Anna Woerner (1881-1953) • FamilySearch". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Ortha O Barr: Person, pictures and information - Fold3.com". Fold3. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  6. ^ The National Archives. "World War II Prisoners of War". aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b "NARA - AAD - Display Full Records - World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946". aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. ^ Michiganensian. University of Michigan. 1951. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Michigan Law: History and Traditions". www.law.umich.edu. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  10. ^ University of Michigan (1905). Calendar of the University of Michigan, 1904-1905. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  11. ^ University of Michigan Law School (1903). Announcement with List of Students. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  12. ^ University of Michigan (1950). General Register. UM Libraries. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  13. ^ "The Journal News Obituaries". Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.


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