| Birth Name: | Raphael Benjamin West Jr. |
| State House: | Tennessee |
| District: | 60th |
| Term Start: | 1985 |
| Term End: | 2011 |
| Birth Date: | 19 March 1941 |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, US |
| Father: | Ben West |
| Mother: | Mary Humes Meadors |
| Relatives: | Jay West (brother) |
Raphael Benjamin West Jr. (March 19, 1941 – March 30, 2019) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1985 to 2011.
Ben West Jr. was born on March 19, 1941, in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] [2] His father, Ben West, served as mayor of Nashville and as a member of the Tennessee Senate.[3] West Jr. attended Sewanee Military Academy.[4] He was vice president of the First American National Bank between 1960 and 1984,[5] and assumed the same role at Southtrust Bank from 1987 to 1994. West owned Security Express, LLC since 1996.[6]
He was first elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 60th district in 1985.[7] West served 26 years as a state representative, and announced in February 2010 that he would not run for reelection.[8] West died at the age of 78 on March 30, 2019.[9]