# Alexander Orr Jr.

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{{Short description|American politician (1877–1958)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =  
| name = Alexander Orr Jr.
| caption = 
| birth_name = Alexander Orr Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1877|12|26}}
| birth_place = [Glasgow, Scotland](/source/Glasgow%2C_Scotland)
| death_date = {{death date |1958|03|15}}
| death_place = [Miami](/source/Miami), [Florida](/source/Florida), U.S.
| order =
| office = 20th [Mayor of Miami](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Miami)
| term_start = 1940
| term_end = 1941
| predecessor = [E.G.Sewell](/source/E._G._Sewell)
| successor = [C.H. Reeder](/source/C._H._Reeder)
| spouse = Isabella Forrester
| children = Alexander Orr III, Eadie Forrester, Jessie Forrester, Christina Forrester
| profession = Plumber
}}

'''Alexander Orr Jr.''' (1877–1958) was an American politician, plumber, and city commissioner who served as the 20th [mayor of Miami](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Miami) from 1940 to 1941.

==Biography==
Alexander Orr arrived in Miami in 1914 with his parents and six of his 11 siblings.

Orr was a plumber by trade and was a deacon of the Presbyterian Church.  At the time of his death, his company was one of the largest plumbing contractors in the southeast US.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alexander Orr III |url=https://miamiherald.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/131463488/ |newspaper=The Miami Herald |date=27 June 1978 |page=88 |publisher=Miami Herald |access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>  He was elected to the Miami City Commission on May 14, 1935, alongside Orville H. Rigby and [Robert R. Williams](/source/Robert_R._Williams_(politician)).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cormack |first1=Shannon |title=$200,000 Slush Fund Elects Machine Ticket |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/617005668/ |access-date=8 April 2024 |work=Miami Tribune |date=May 15, 1935 |page=1 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> 

Orr became city mayor in 1940, upon the death of [E. G. Sewell](/source/E._G._Sewell). " Orr worked hardest for two life-long interests — protection of Miami’s water supply and consolidaton of government functions for more efficiency."<ref>{{cite news |title=Alexander Orr Jr Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/131425003/ |access-date=27 February 2024 |publisher=Miami Herald}}</ref>  The Alexander Orr, Jr. Water Treatment Plant, Miami-Dade County's largest potable water production facility is named in his honor.

Orr was the uncle of another Florida politician, Dade County Mayor and State Representative, [John B Orr, Jr.](/source/Jack_Orr)

==Fraternal affiliations==
Throughout his life, Orr was affiliated with many organizations, including the Scottish Free Masons, Shriners, Scottish Rite Masons, [Knights Templar](/source/Knights_Templar), Rotary Club and the [Worshipful Company of Plumbers of London](/source/Worshipful_Company_of_Plumbers).  He was also a pioneer member of the South Florida Boy Scout council.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Florida Council The Early Years |url=https://sfcbsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Early-Years-History-of-SFC.pdf |website=Boy Scouts |publisher=SFC |access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [List of mayors of Miami](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Miami)
* [Government of Miami](/source/Government_of_Miami)
* [History of Miami](/source/History_of_Miami)
* [Timeline of Miami](/source/Timeline_of_Miami)

==References==
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* {{cite book |last1=Moore |first1=Daniel Decatur |title=Men of the South: A Work for the Newspaper Reference Library |date=1922 |publisher=Southern Biographical Association |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NfA1AQAAMAAJ&q=men+of+the+south+orr|accessdate=26 February 2023}}

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{{succession box | before = [E.G.Sewell](/source/E._G._Sewell) | title = [Mayor of the City of Miami](/source/Mayor_of_the_City_of_Miami)|years=1940-1941| after = [C.H. Reeder](/source/C._H._Reeder)}}
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Category:Mayors of Miami
Category:1958 deaths
Category:1877 births
Category:20th-century deaths
Category:Florida politicians
Category:Miami City Commission members

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