Given the question: Facts: - profession: politician - death place: charleston , west virginia - order: 12th - successor: william e. glasscock - party: republican - death date: 12 march 1916 - predecessor: albert b. white - office: governor of west virginia - term end: march 4 , 1909 - term start: march 4 , 1905 - birth date: 21 may 1853 - name: william m. o. dawson - image: william dawson.gif - birth place: bloomington , maryland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william m. o. dawson .
The answer is:
william mercer owens dawson -lrb- may 21 , 1853march 12 , 1916 -rrb- was the 12th governor of west virginia .