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Solomon Hirsch
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “businessman and politician from the u”. Today it says “businessman and united states politician from the state of oregon”.
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Solomon Hirsch (1839 – 1902) was a businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Oregon .1 He was one of the leaders of Portland 's early Jewish community. With Jacob Mayer and Louis Fleischner , 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.2
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businessman and politician from the u
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businessman and united states politician from the state of oregon
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