Asa Lawrence Lovejoy ( March 14 , 1808 – September 10 , 1882 ) was an American pioneer and politician in the region that would become the U.S. state of Oregon . He is best remembered as a founder of the city of Portland , Oregon . He was an attorney in Boston , Massachusetts before traveling by land to Oregon ; he was a legislator in the Provisional Government of Oregon , mayor of Oregon City , and a general during the Cayuse War that followed the Whitman massacre in 1847 . He was also a candidate for Provisional Governor in 1847 , before the Oregon Territory was founded , but lost that election
Whitman massacre
Whitman massacre
Asa Lovejoy