A. M. Loryea (original) (raw)

Abraham "Abram" M. Loryea (1839–1893), commonly known as A.M. Loryea, was an American pioneer medical doctor, businessman, and politician in the states of Oregon and California. Loryea is best remembered as a co-founder of the Oregon Hospital for the Insane in 1859 and as the Superintendent of that state-subsidized facility for many years as well as the elected mayor of East Portland, Oregon.