Philip Augustus Marquam
| Philip Augustus Marquam | |
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February 28, 1823 Maryland |
| Died | May 8, 1912 (aged 89) Portland, Oregon |
| Occupation | Businessman, lawyer |
Philip A. Marquam (February 28, 1823 – May 8, 1912) was a lawyer, judge, legislator, and real estate developer in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Philip Marquam was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on February 28, 1823, to Philip Winchester Marquam and Charlotte Mercer Poole. The family later moved to Indiana. There Philip attended law school in Bloomington, Indiana. He went to California as a "49er" during the gold rush of 1849, and was elected judge in Yolo County.
In August 1851, Marquam moved to Portland, Oregon, then a small town of under 1,000 inhabitants. For many years he was the largest landowner in Multnomah County, Oregon, counting among his holdings Portland's Fulton District and his homestead on Marquam Hill in southwest Portland. The hill was part of a 300-acre (1.2 km2) donation land claim he purchased for $2,500 in 1857 from John Donner, brother of George Donner of the ill-fated Donner Party. The hill is now the site of the Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
In 1862, he was elected Multnomah County judge. He served eight years in the position, having been re-elected to a second four-year term in 1866.
In 1882, Marquam was elected as a Republican to the Oregon House of Representatives from Multnomah County. Marquam gained a reputation as a transportation advocate and developer. He was instrumental in the formation of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company in 1887.
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