Solomon Hirsch


Solomon Hirsch was a businessman and United States politician from the state of Oregon. He was one of the leaders of Portland's early Jewish community.

Biography

With Jacob Mayer and, Hirsch was one of the founders of Fleischner, Mayer and Co., the largest wholesale dry goods company on the West Coast.
He served as president of the Oregon State Senate during the 1880 session. He was a Republican.
He served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire from 1889–1892.
Hirsch was buried at Beth Israel Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.

Family and legacy

Hirsch's wife Josephine was the leader of the Portland Equal Suffrage League. Josephine was the daughter of Solomon's business partner Jacob Mayer; they had 4 children: of Ella Hirsch ; Sanford Hirsch ; May Hirsch, and Clementine Hirsch. Like his partner Louis Fleischner, Hirsch's brother Edward served as Oregon State Treasurer.
A wing at the Portland Art Museum was dedicated to Solomon and Josephine Hirsch in 1939 after their daughter Ella bequeathed $853,000 to the museum.