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    James Withycombe (March 21, 1854 – March 3, 1919) was an English-born American Republican politician who served as the 15th Governor of Oregon. Withycombe...
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    Frank W. Benson, but was later renamed Camp Withycombe during World War I for Governor James Withycombe. Originally known as the Clackamas Rifle Range...
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  • Withycombe is a surname, and may refer to: Elizabeth Withycombe (born 1902), English compiler of reference books James Withycombe (1843-1919), British-born...
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  • 2023. Sobel 1978, pp. 1274–1275. "James Withycombe". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 8, 2023. "Withycombe Is Governor of the State". The Oregon...
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  • State Ben W. Olcott and Treasurer Thomas B. Kay. On January 12, 1915, James Withycombe became Governor and replaced Oswald West on the commission. The 1917...
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    election. After the death of James Withycombe in 1919, Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott took office; he completed Withycombe's term and was defeated in the...
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    left Bend in 1915 to become the private secretary to Oregon Governor James Withycombe. Within a few years, George and Dorothy moved to the East Coast, where...
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    was among several possible successors considered by Oregon Governor James Withycombe. The governor preferred someone who supported national women's suffrage...
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    11, 1911 – January 12, 1915 Preceded by Jay Bowerman Succeeded by James Withycombe Personal details Born (1873-05-20)May 20, 1873 Guelph, Ontario, Canada...
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    Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland January 17, 1911 January 19, 1915 James Withycombe§ Oregon  United Kingdom  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
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  • successors to be appointed and take office early. Joseph M. McCormick (Illinois) James J. Couzens (Michigan) Philip Hart (Michigan) There have been a total of...
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  • 1911 – January 12, 1915 Oswald West Isabel Withycombe January 12, 1915 – March 3, 1919 James Withycombe Lena Olcott March 3, 1919 – January 8, 1923 Ben...
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    the prison during the daytime. After 66 of these absconded, Governor James Withycombe announced that he would find a way for them to work jobs within the...
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    player for the Canada national soccer team. Two governors of Oregon, James Withycombe and Paul L. Patterson, have called the city home. Other politicians...
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    1906 James Withycombe 43,508 44.99% Lost N 1910 Jay Bowerman 48,751 41.42% Lost N 1914 James Withycombe 121,037 48.80% Won Y 1918 James Withycombe 81,067...
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    between main opponent David H. Evans and others. Republican incumbent James Withycombe retained his seat as Governor of Oregon against Democrat challenger...
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    Succeeded by Oswald West Party political offices Preceded by James Withycombe Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon 1910 Succeeded by James Withycombe...
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    election matched incumbent Republican James Withycombe against Democratic State Senator Walter M. Pierce. Withycombe's reelection campaign capitalized on...
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  • Santa Fe, New Mexico Mount Calvary Cemetery Las Vegas, New Mexico James Withycombe Republican Oregon March 3, 1919 64 heart condition Salem, Oregon City...
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    after winning nearly 40% of the vote in a three-way race. Republican James Withycombe was elected the 15th Governor of Oregon after winning nearly 49% of...
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    governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican James Withycombe against Democratic candidate C. J. Smith. "Our Campaigns - OR Governor...
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  • Wells – Utah John Wereat – Georgia George P. Wetmore – Rhode Island James Withycombe – Oregon Oliver Wolcott – Connecticut Oliver Wolcott Jr. – Connecticut...
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  • they moved to Salem, Oregon while her husband George was secretary to James Withycombe. In 1916, they moved to Washington D.C. where Dorothy was involved...
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    Peters (1852–1921), "Indian Mary", ferry operator and park namesake James Withycombe (1854–1919), 15th Governor of Oregon I. L. Patterson (1859–1929), 18th...
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  • Percy, U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1967 to 1985 (died 2011) October 3 – James M. Buchanan, economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013) October 11 – Art...
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    received 5,147 votes. James Withycombe won the Republican primary with 20,034 votes. Later that year in the general election, Withycombe was elected governor...
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  • 8 – James Gray, journalist and 19th Mayor of Minneapolis (born 1862) September 9 – Sydney Ayres, silent film actor (born 1879) October 1 – James Paul...
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  • Assumed office following the death or resignation of predecessor. A Democrat, James Knox Weatherford, was elected Speaker, and the Democrats organized the chamber...
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    office in 1912, and reelected in 1916. On March 3, 1919, Governor James Withycombe died after serving only two months of his second term in office due...
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  • officer (died 1994) March 10 – Edith Iglauer, writer (died 2019) March 11 – James Megellas, United States Army officer (died 2020) March 12 – Milton Resnick...
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