Background
WEST, Junius Edgar was born on July 12, 1866 in near Waverly, Sussex Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Henry Thomas and Sue Thomas (Cox) W.
Lieutenant Governor ernor ol Virginia
WEST, Junius Edgar was born on July 12, 1866 in near Waverly, Sussex Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Henry Thomas and Sue Thomas (Cox) W.
Public schools of Sussex County, Virginia. Suffolk Collegiate Institute, and University of North Carolina. Partial law course, Washington and Lee University.
University of Virginia.
Mistress Henry Bowen Frazier, Junior). Began in insurance business, Waverly, 1888. Member firms Harper & West, 1890-1906, West & Withers, general insurance, Suffolk, since 1906.
Superintendent schools, Sussex County, Virginia, July 1889-November 1890. Member Virginia House of Delegates, 1910-1912. Member Virginia State Senate, 1912-1922.
Lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1922-1930. Four-minute speaker, World War. Chairman United World War Work, Suffolk and Nansemond counties.
Delaware to Democratic National Convention, 1896 and 1932. Member Virginia State Democratic Executive Committee, State Democratic-Central Committee and chairman Democratic Company Executive Committee several years Trustee Elon (North Carolina) College (secretary 20th Century Fund, 1901). Formerly trustee State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia Chairman Mission Board Southern Christian Convention.
Christian Church.
Member S.A.R.; Rotarian. President Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, 1937. Sponsored Men and Millions Movement, of Southern Christian Convention, 1919.
Member Virginia communications of Fisheries since 1939.
Spouse Olive Beale, February 17, 1903, Suffolk, Virginia.