William Marion Ramsay (December 25, 1846 – September 15, 1937) was an American politician and judge in Oregon.

[1] Arriving in the fall of 1847, William's parents Susan Shuck (d. 1898) and David Ramsey (d. 1891) homesteaded on the same site as Ewing Young's former mill.

[2] From 1883 to 1888 Ramsey served as the first dean for Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon, where he was in charge of a staff of three professors.

[5] William's son Frederick served as a sergeant in the US Marine Corps aboard the Battleship Oregon during the Spanish–American War.

[1][2] William Marion Ramsey died on September 15, 1937, at the age of 91 and was buried in McMinnville at a funeral attended by several Oregon Supreme Court justices including Henry J. Bean, John O. Bailey, John L. Rand, and Percy R.