{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alexander Dalrymple Orr | image = | alt = | caption = | state = Kentucky | district = 2nd | term_start = November 8, 1792 | term_end = March 3, 1797 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1761|11|06}} | birth_place = Alexander, Colony of Virginia, British America | death_date = {{death date and age|1835|06|21|1761|11|06}} | death_place = Paris, Kentucky, US | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | signature = Alexander Dalrymple Orr Signature.png | relations = William Grayson (uncle) }}
'''Alexander Dalrymple Orr''' (November 6, 1761 – June 21, 1835) was an American farmer and politician from Maysville, Kentucky.
Orr was born in Alexandria, Virginia and in 1782 moved to Bourbon County, KY, which then remained a part of Virginia.<ref name="BD">{{cite web|title=ORR, Alexander Dalrymple, (1761 - 1835)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000101|website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=4 November 2016}}</ref> His uncle was William Grayson, who served as a U.S. senator and delegate for Virginia.<ref name="BD" /> He served in the Virginia House of Delegates beginning in 1790, and the Virginia Senate beginning in 1792. After statehood, he represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from November 8, 1792, to March 3, 1797. Orr died in Paris, Kentucky.
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==External links== * {{cite book |last=Allen |first=William B. |title=A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits |publisher=Bradley & Gilbert |year=1872 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s_wTAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=2008-11-10 |pages=267–268 }}
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