Orrin Dubbs Bleakley


Orrin Dubbs Bleakley was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Bleakley was born on May 5, 1854 in Franklin, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Bonn, in Prussia. He was engaged in banking with his father until 1876. He became interested in the production of oil and worked in the industry from 1876 to 1883. He organized the Franklin Trust Company in 1883, and became its president. He was a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention in 1904, and served as chairman of the Venango County Republican committee.

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