Solomon Hirsch
Solomon Hirsch (March 25, 1839 – December 15, 1902) 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 to 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 (born 1871); Sanford Hirsch (born 1873); May Hirsch (born 1875), and Clementine Hirsch (born 1880). Like his partner Louis Fleischner, Hirsch's brother 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 ($12.7 million in today's dollars) to the museum. Solomon Hirsch