Oswald West

Oswald West
14th Governor of Oregon
In office
January 11, 1911 – January 12, 1915
Preceded byJay Bowerman
Succeeded byJames Withycombe
Personal details
Born(1873-05-20)May 20, 1873
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
DiedAugust 22, 1960(1960-08-22) (aged 87)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMabel West
ProfessionBanker and lawyer
Abigail Scott Duniway (seated) with Governor Oswald West, signing the women's suffrage amendment

Oswald West (May 20, 1873 – August 22, 1960) was an American politician, a Democrat, who served most notably as the 14th Governor of Oregon.

He was called "Os West" by Oregon writer Stewart Holbrook, who described him as "by all odds the most brilliant governor Oregon ever had."[1]

  1. ^ Wildmen, Wobblies and Whistle Punks, edited by Brian Booth (Corvallis: OSU Press, 1992), p. 75. Holbrook wrote this before Tom McCall was elected governor.

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