| Orsamus H. Marshall | |
| Order: | 2nd |
| Chancellor of the University of Buffalo | |
| Term Start: | 1874 |
| Term End: | 1884 |
| Predecessor: | Millard Fillmore |
| Successor: | E. Carleton Sprague |
| Birth Name: | Orsamus Holmes Marshall |
| Birth Date: | 1 February 1813 |
| Birth Place: | Franklin, Connecticut |
| Death Place: | Buffalo, New York |
| Alma Mater: | Union College |
| Signature: | Signature of Orsamus Holmes Marshall (1813–1884).png |
Orsamus Holmes Marshall (1813–1884) was an American lawyer, educator and historian.
Orsamus H. Marshall was born in Franklin, Connecticut on February 1, 1813.[1] In 1831 he graduated from Union College. He then studied for the bar, to which he was admitted in 1834. That year, he opened a law office in Buffalo, NY which later became Phillips Lytle LLP.[2] He was one of the founders of the Buffalo Female Academy and of the Buffalo Historical Society.[1] He also served several years as chancellor of the University of Buffalo. He wrote much in connection with the Iroquois dealings with European Americans. Posthumously there appeared a volume entitled Historical Writings of Orsamus H. Marshall Relating to the Early History of the West (1887).
He died at his home in Buffalo on July 9, 1884.[1] [3]