Orson Sherman Head was an American lawyer and Wisconsin pioneer. He practiced law in Kenosha, Wisconsin, represented Kenosha County for one year in the Wisconsin State Senate (1851), and was district attorney from 1859 through 1861. His name was often abbreviated in historical texts as O. S. Head. He was a great-grandfather and namesake of the American screenwriter and filmmaker Orson Welles.
- Occupation
- lawyer, politician
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of Wisconsin
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 9, 1817
- Died
