City of Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon

City of Gresham Multnomah County, Oregon

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Information

General information on City of Gresham

Feature Type: Incorporated

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Gresham

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name	Description
City of Gresham	Official
Gresham	Official

Origin Notes and History of City of Gresham

References to City of Gresham that document the origin of its place name

GRESHAM, was named for Walter Quinton Gresham, (1832-1895), soldier and statesman. He made an enviable record in the Civil War, displaying gallantry in action, and in 1865 was brevetted major-general of volunteers. After the war he practiced law and became a member of the federal judiciary. He was postmaster general in Arthur's cabinet from April 3, 1883, to September 24, 1884, when he became secretary of the treasury, and served about a month in that position. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 1884 and 1888, but eventually drifted away from the Republican party, and was secretary of state in Cleveland's cabinet from March 7, 1893, until his death on May 28, 1895. Gresham post office was established in May, 1884, and the name was suggested by Benjamin F. Rollins because W. Q. Gresham was then postmaster general. Gresham named the post office of George, in Clackamas County, for Judge M. C. George of Portland.

Lewis A. McArthur in Oregon Geographic Names

McArthur, Lewis A. Oregon Geographic Names. Edited by Lewis L. McArthur, 4th ed., rev. and enl., Oregon Historical Society, 1974, | Oregon Geographic Names

Multnomah County

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Last updated: 2024-06-05