Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Idleman, Cicero M. August 18, 1854 - 
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     CICERO M. IDLEMAN.  For forty-four years Cicero M. Idleman has been 
engaged in the practice of law in Portland and has not only commanded a large 
and remunerative practice, but has won and retained the uniform respect of 
those who have come in contact with him. He was born in Marion, Ohio, on the 
18th day of August, 1854, and is a son of Silas and Catherine (Pontius) 
Idleman. His grandfather, Jacob Idleman, was the first judge elected in Marion 
county, Ohio, after the organization of the county. The father, who was for 
many years extensively engaged in stockraising, was the first white child born 
in Marion county, his natal day being February 10, 1822, and his wife, to whom 
he was married in 1844, was also a native of that county. Late in life they 
came to Portland, Oregon, where both died, the mother in 1898 and the father 
in July, 1903.

     Cicero M. Idleman attended the public schools of his native city and had 
two years in Smithville Academy. He entered Ohio Wesleyan University, but left 
that institution in his junior year to take a position in the railway mail 
service, in which he served for two years. In the meantime he took up the 
study of law under J. C. Johnstone, at Marion, and was admitted to the bar in 
1883. On April 16, 1884, he came to Portland and two months later became a 
member of the law firm of Johnson, McCown & Idleman. This association was 
continued until 1894, when he became a member of the firm of Carey, Idleman, 
Mays & Webster, which continued until 1896, when Mr. Idleman was elected 
attorney-general of the state of Oregon, in which capacity he served four 
years with marked ability. Since retiring from that office Mr. Idleman has 
practiced alone, winning a reputation as one of the ablest and most dependable 
members of the Multnomah county bar.

     On April 3, 1907, Mr. Idleman was united in marriage to Miss Margaret E. 
Denning, a daughter of the late Job Denning, who was a native of Indiana. 
Fraternally Mr. Idleman is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Royal 
Arcanum. He has long been an active member of the Portland Chamber of 
Commerce, being one of the three who organized that body in 1891. He drew the 
articles of incorporation and he and his two associates secured the first 
eighty-five members. Later he served on the committee of fifteen who erected 
the Chamber of Commerce building. He is a member of the State Chamber of 
Commerce, the Press Club and the Progressive Business Men's Club. During the 
World war he served on the legal advisory board and in every possible way 
contributed to the success of the war. In his political views, Mr. Idleman is 
a stanch republican, in the support of which party he has done effective work, 
having served as chairman of the county central committee in 1908, while for 
twenty years he was president of the Multipor Republican Club of Portland. 
Well endowed in all that constitutes good citizenship and true manhood, he has 
honored his community by his life and services and is regarded as one of its 
representative men.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 626-627

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