Orville Rinaldo Leonard (November 13, 1834 – September 22, 1894)[1][2] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1877 to 1889.
Leonard attended Dartmouth College from 1858 to 1860, though he did not graduate, leaving in his junior year.
[2] gained [[admission to the bar in May 1863, and moved to Humboldt County, Nevada, where he engaged in the practice of law.
During that time, he was a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention in Chicago, which nominated Ulysses S. Grant for President.
He died about six weeks later, following a severe headache, while the couple was on their honeymoon in Woodstock, Vermont.