Orville Elbridge Atwood Jr. (February 23, 1880 – June 15, 1939) was an American politician and farmer who served as the 32nd Secretary of State of Michigan from 1935 to 1937 as a member of the Republican Party.

[1] Atwood worked as a traveling salesman for two years before moving to a farm near Newaygo, Michigan.

[4] In 1935, during his tenure as Michigan's secretary of state, Atwood criticized Thomas Ward, a Democratic employee of the state liquor control commission, threatening to demand chairman John S. McDonald dismiss Ward.

[5] In 1936, Atwood spoke at a rally in support of governor Frank Fitzgerald's re-election bid, stating: "The issue is whether American ideas are to continue or whether we are to adopt European regimentation and collectivism.

[1] In 1931, Atwood, who was head of the Michigan state auto license bureau at the time, fatally struck nine-year-old Marylin Reuss with his automobile.

[8] On June 15, 1939, Atwood was traveling from Lansing to Detroit with auto executive Frank Longyear when they collided with a westbound bus.

Atwood, aged 59, died from his injuries an hour later in McPherson Hospital in Howell, Michigan.

[9][10] Atwood was interred in Deepdale Memorial Park, located in Delta Charter Township, Michigan.