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| An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
BURRELL, Orlando, a Representative from Illinois; born in Newton, Bradford County,
Pa., July 26, 1826; moved with his parents to White County, Ill., in 1834;
attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; during the Civil
War raised a company of Cavalry in June 1861, was elected its captain, and was
attached to the First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Cavalry; judge of White
County 1873-1881; sheriff of White County 1892-1894; delegate to the Republican
National Convention at Minneapolis in 1892; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; retired from public life and
resumed his agricultural pursuits; died in Carmi, White County, Ill., June 7,
1921; interment in Maple Ridge Cemetery.
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