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Sylvester Pennoyer (July 6, 1831 – May 30, 1902) was an American educator, attorney, and politician in Oregon. He was born in Groton, New York, attended Harvard Law School, and moved to Oregon at age 25. A Democrat, he served two terms as the eighth Governor of Oregon from 1886 to 1895. He joined the Populist cause in the early 1890s and became the second Populist Party state governor in history. He was noted for his political radicalism, his opposition to the conservative Bourbon Democracy of President Grover Cleveland, his support for labor unions, and his opposition to the Chinese in Oregon. He was also noted for his prickly attitude toward both U.S. Presidents whose terms overlapped his own -- Benjamin Harrison and Cleveland, whom he once famously told via telegram to mind his own business. He later served as mayor of Portland from 1896 to 1898. ==Early life== Sylvester Pennoyer was born in Groton, New York, on July 6, 1831.〔Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 194.〕 His parents were the former Elizabeth Howland and Justus P. Pennoyer, a New York state legislator and a wealthy farmer.〔 Sylvester attended school at Homer Academy and then began teaching.〔 He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1854.〔 He moved to Oregon on July 10, 1855, where he resumed teaching.〔 In 1856 he married Mary A. Allen, with whom he had five children.〔 While teaching, he also practiced law. Pennoyer was chosen as the superintendent of Multnomah County schools in 1860, and served until 1862.〔 He then shifted to the lumber industry from 1862 to 1868, accumulating a fortune.〔 He then purchased the Democratic-leaning ''Oregon Herald'' newspaper and served as editor until he sold it in 1869.〔 In 1866, Marcus Neff hired attorney John H. Mitchell to complete some legal business, but failed to pay Mitchell's bill.〔Leeson, Fred. (1998). ''Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon''. Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 47-49.〕 Mitchell sued and received a default judgment against Neff, with Neff's property sold at auction to pay the bill.〔 Pennoyer purchased the land from Mitchell, who had purchased the land at the sheriff's auction, and later Neff became aware of the forced sale.〔 Neff then sued Pennoyer to regain the property in a case that became the U.S. Supreme Court case of ''Pennoyer v. Neff'' that defined legal jurisdiction for citizens residing in different states.〔 At the trial, federal judge and Pennoyer adversary Matthew Deady ruled in favor of Neff, with the Supreme Court affirming the decision in 1877.〔 Pennoyer was compelled to give the land back to Neff, and the property became a part of the Willamette Heights neighborhood in later years.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sylvester Pennoyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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