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Asa Lovejoy (1808–1882) was an American pioneer in Oregon, and one of the founders of the city of Portland. An attorney from Boston, Massachusetts, he served in the Provisional Government of Oregon as a legislator, was elected as mayor of Oregon City, and was a general during the Cayuse War that followed the Whitman massacre of 1847. During the government of the Oregon Territory Lovejoy was a member of both chambers of the Oregon Territorial Legislature, serving as the first Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1849. He was also a delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857. Lovejoy died in Portland and is buried at Lone Fir Cemetery. Lovejoy Street and Lovejoy Fountain Park in downtown Portland are named in his honor; the Simpsons character Reverend Timothy Lovejoy is named after the street.