Orville Zimmerman

Orville Zimmerman (December 31, 1880 – April 7, 1948) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born on a farm near Glenallen in Bollinger County, Missouri, Zimmerman attended the public schools and Mayfield-Smith Academy in Marble Hill, Missouri.

He graduated from Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau in 1904 and was principal of Dexter High School from 1904 to 1908.

During World War I, Zimmerman served as a private in the United States Army in 1918.

Zimmerman was elected a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1934 and was re-elected six additional times until his death on April 7, 1948, in Washington, D.C.