Orrin Dubbs Bleakley (May 5, 1854 – December 3, 1927) was an American businessman and politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for one month in 1917.
Upon his election to Congress in November 1916, Bleakley became the first government official to fly from his home state to DC.
The trip was made in a 75-horsepower Curtiss biplane from Philadelphia, piloted by Sergeant William C. Ocker, on leave from the United States Aviation Corps at the time.
[1] Bleakley was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress and served from March 4 to April 3, 1917, when he resigned without having qualified.
His resignation came after he was convicted and fined under the Federal Corrupt Practices Act.