Orlo M. Brees
{{Short description|American politician (1896–1980)}}
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| birth_name = Orlo Marion Brees
| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|4|13}}
| birth_place = Canton, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|11|1|1896|4|13}}
| death_place = Santa Clara, California, U.S.
| nationality = American
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| occupation = Editor, author, lecturer, poet and politician
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| party = Republican Party
| notable_works = Spudville Philosophy and Phoolosophy; Endicott, NY: Endicott Printing, 1945
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Orlo Marion Brees (April 13, 1896 – November 1980) was an American newspaper editor, author, lecturer, poet, and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on April 13, 1896, in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, the son of Basil V. Brees and Maria (Orline) Brees. He attended the public schools in Glasford, Illinois; Shurtleff Academy in Alton, Illinois; Shurtleff College; Brown University; Columbia University; and University College in Southampton, England. He worked as a coal miner, textile worker, salesman, teacher, printer, editor, and publisher; and eventually settled in Endicott, Broome County, New York. In 1924, he married his second wife, Nina Vivian McBride of Ava, Illinois. Their daughter Vivian Ella was born on January 17, 1927. In 1933, he married Frances Willard Freeman, and their only child was Orlo Manford Brees (born 1939).[https://books.google.com/books?id=BcoGAQAAIAAJ&q=orlo+marion+brees+canton New York Red Book] (1952; pg. 108)
Brees was a member of the New York State Assembly (Broome Co., 2nd D.) from 1941 to 1952, sitting in the 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, and 168th New York State Legislatures. He resigned his seat after his election to the State Senate.
On February 13, 1952, Brees was elected to the New York State Senate (45th D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Floyd E. Anderson to the New York Supreme Court.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04E5DD163AE23BBC4C52DFB4668389649EDE BREES ELECTED UPSTATE] in the New York Times on February 14, 1952 (subscription required)
He took his seat on February 18, 1952.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9904E4DC163AE23BBC4152DFB4668389649EDE "Brees Sworn in as State Senator"] in the New York Times on February 19, 1952 (subscription required) and remained in the State Senate until the end of the session of the 168th New York State Legislature. In August 1952, Brees ran for re-nomination in the Republican primary, but was defeated by Floyd Anderson's son Warren M. Anderson.
Brees died in November 1980[http://sortedbyname.com/pages/b113841.html "BREES, ORLO"] at Social Security Info in Santa Clara, California.
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Category:Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Category:People from Canton, Illinois
Category:People from Endicott, New York
Category:Brown University alumni
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:People from Santa Clara, California
Category:Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature