Simon B. Marye

Simon B. Marye
3rd Mayor of Portland, Oregon
In office
1852–1853
Preceded byA. C. Bonnell
Succeeded byJosiah Failing
Personal details
BornHillside, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States
Died(1868-02-19)February 19, 1868[citation needed]
Butte, Montana, United States[citation needed]
SpouseSarah Chapman[1]
ProfessionLawyer[1]

Simon Bolivar Marye was an American politician and lawyer. He served as Portland, Oregon's third mayor in 1852 and 1853,[2] after the unexpected resignation of A. C. Bonnell. He took office on November 15, 1852.[1] He was an attorney before the Supreme Court of the Territory of Oregon in December 1851.[3]

During three months in late 1864, Marye ran "contraband cotton and other needed items for use behind the lines for the Confederacy." He was practicing law in Vicksburg, Mississippi, at the time of his death.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Lansing, Jewel (2005). "Chapter 6: By Trial and Error". Portland: People Politics and Power, 1851-2001. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press. pp. 57–62. ISBN 0-87071-559-3.
  2. ^ Scott, Harvey W. (1890). "Chapter VI. City Charter, Government, and Mayors". History of Portland, Oregon with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co. p. 198.
  3. ^ Wilson, Joseph G. (1911). "Roll of Attorneys". Reports of Cases Decided In The Supreme Court of Oregon from 1862 to 1869. Vol. 2. p. 10.