Charles Phillips Dorr (August 12, 1852 – October 8, 1914) was a lawyer and

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from

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who served as a

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in the

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. Dorr was born in Miltonsburg, Ohio, in

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. Dorr moved with his parents to

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, in 1866. He taught school in

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and

. After studying law, he was admitted to the

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in 1874 and began practicing in West Virginia that year. He was a member of the

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. He won election to the fourth delegate district of the

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in 1884 and 1888. In 1887 he was made

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. He won election in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898 and resumed his legal practice at

. He died on his estate at Clover Lick, West Virginia, in Pocahontas County on October 8, 1914. He was buried at Clover Lick Cemetery.

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Online. September 11, 2007.
1852 births 1914 deaths People from Monroe County, Ohio Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia 19th-century American legislators People from Woodsfield, Ohio People from Webster Springs, West Virginia 19th-century American lawyers {{US-Congress-stub

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