William Marion Ramsey
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William Marion Ramsey | |
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| Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
| In office 1913–1915 | |
| Appointed by | Oswald West |
| Preceded by | new position |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence T. Harris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1846 |
| Died | September 15, 1937 (aged 90) |
| Spouse(s) | Mahala A. Harris Julia A. Snyder |
| Relatives | Anne Ramsey (Niece) |
William Marion Ramsay (December 25, 1846 – September 15, 1937) was an American politician and judge in Oregon. He was the 43rd person to service as one of the justices of the Oregon Supreme Court (since the Court's founding in 1848) serving from 1913 to 1915. He was also the first dean of Willamette University College of Law and a mayor of Salem, Oregon, and McMinnville, Oregon.
William Ramsay was born on Christmas Day 1846 in Monroe County, Iowa.[1] The next year the family traveled the Oregon Trail and settled near the town of Newberg in Oregon Country.[1] Arriving in the fall of 1847, William's parents Susan Shuck (d. 1898) and David Ramsey (d. 1891) homesteaded on the same site as Ewing Young's former mill.[2] William was the youngest of five children in the family when they moved to Oregon, although his parents later had nine more children.[2] He was schooled in the local public schools before attending and graduating from McMinnville College.[2] William read law in Yamhill County and passed the bar, becoming a lawyer in 1868.[1] Two years later he married Mahala A. Harris with whom he fathered four children.[1]