Jay Bowerman
| Jay Bowerman | |
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| 13th Governor of Oregon | |
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In office June 17, 1910 – January 8, 1911 |
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| Preceded by | Frank W. Benson |
| Succeeded by | Oswald West |
| President of the Oregon State Senate | |
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In office 1909–1910 |
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| Preceded by | E. W. Haines |
| Succeeded by | Ben Selling |
| Personal details | |
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August 15, 1876 Hesper, Iowa |
| Died | October 25, 1957 (aged 81) Portland, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Hoover Bowerman, 1903; Wayfe Hockett Bowerman, 1914 |
| Children | Bill Bowerman |
| Alma mater | Willamette University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Jay Bowerman (August 15, 1876 – October 25, 1957) was an American politician who served as the 13th Governor of Oregon.
Bowerman was born in Hesper, Iowa, the son of Daniel and Lydia (Battey) Bowerman. He received his early education in public schools and moved to Salem, Oregon in 1893.
Bowerman entered Willamette University in 1893, and graduated with a law degree in 1896. He was admitted to the Oregon Bar the following year, practicing law in Salem until 1899. He then moved to Condon, in Gilliam County, Oregon, where he lived for the next 12 years. There he became a law partner of H. H. Henricks. Bowerman's service in the Spanish–American War briefly interrupted his practice of law.
Bowerman was a Republican. He was elected to the Oregon State Senate from Gilliam County in 1904 and was reelected four years later. He served as president of that body from 1909 to 1911.
When Governor Frank W. Benson was incapacitated by ill health in June 1910, he asked Bowerman, as president of the Senate, to assume gubernatorial responsibilities. On June 16, 1910, at age thirty-three, Bowerman became Acting Governor.
Mindful of the bureaucratic economy, Bowerman advocated the establishment of a Board of Control to administer the state institutions, which would permit fiscal savings by combined purchasing for state institutions through the office of a single purchasing agent. However, the Board of Control was not established until the administration of his successor. He acted to reduce the risk of loss through bank failure by prohibiting Oregon bankers from the use of speculative stock as assets if they had actively promoted that stock.
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