| LC control no. | no2017020481 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Withycombe, James, 1854-1919 |
| Variant(s) | Withcombe, James, 1854-1919 |
| See also | Oregon. Governor (1915-1919 : Withycombe) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Oregon |
| Birth date | 1854-03-21 |
| Death date | 1919-03-03 |
| Place of birth | Tavistock (England) |
| Place of death | Salem (Or.) |
| Field of activity | Oregon--Politics and government Agriculture |
| Affiliation | Oregon State Agricultural College North Pacific Wool Growers Association Northwest Sheep Breeders Association Oregon Academy of Sciences Republican Party (Or.) |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Livestock breeders Farmers Veterinarians |
| Found in | Digestibility of kale, vetch hay, steamed and unsteamed silage, 1908: title page (James Withycombe) Sheep, hogs and horses in the Pacific Northwest, 1900: title page (James Withcombe) Wikipedia, February 15, 2017 (James Withycombe; born March 21, 1854, Tavistock, England; died March 3, 1919, Salem, Oregon; American Republican politician who served as the 15th Governor of Oregon, January 12, 1915 to March 3, 1919; immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1871; agriculture became Withycombe's passion, becoming a prosperous livestock breeder and establishing a reputation as a successful scientific farmer; appointed State Veterinarian in 1889; sought after by the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis in 1898 to be the head of the college's experimental farming station; served as president of the North Pacific Wool Growers and Northwest Sheep Breeders Associations; served on the board of the Oregon Academy of Sciences; entered politics in the 1906 primary) |
| Associated language | eng |
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