caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place profession party office birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
governor west jay bowerman james withycombe 22 august 1960 guelph , ontario , canada portland , oregon banker and lawyer democratic governor of oregon 20 may 1873 14th january 11 , 1911 mabel west oswald west.jpg oswald west
 january 12 , 1915 oswald west
oswald west

oswald west -lrb- may 20 , 1873 -- august 22 , 1960 -rrb- 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 . ''
