Philip A. Marquam (1823 - 1912) was a lawyer, judge, legislator, and real estate developer in the U.S. state of Oregon. Marquam was born in Maryland, and went to 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. He moved to Portland, Oregon, then a small town of under 1000 inhabitants, in 1851. For many years he was the largest landowner in Multnomah County, Oregon, … Wikipedia
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