The Great Depression

Edgar B. Sims of Harrison County was elected state auditor

Richard E. Talbott was elected state treasurer

Rimfire Hamrick ran unsuccessfully for legislature as Republican

Homer Holt was elected state attorney general

John Kee was first elected to Congress

Harley Kilgore was elected judge of the Criminal Court for Raleigh County

Herman Kump successfully ran for governor

Jennings Randolph ran for Congress again and defeated Bowman

Democrats took over West Virginia with support from active federal government

T. C. Townsend ran unsuccessfully for governor

Richard Talbott was elected state treasurer

Blundon Wills released Charleston, the Beautiful on the Kanawha, a film

Anna Gates was delegate to Democratic National Convention for FDR nomination

Cass Gilbert wrote on the West Virginia capitol that "State Capitol has been erected with a view to the dignity of the State, without excessive expenditure of money"

Howard Gore served as state agricultural commissioner

A second parallel bore was completed on the Great Bend Tunnel

The two-year "standard normal" diploma program was abolished at Concord State Normal School

Coopers Rock State Forest was established

Earl Core received his PhD at Columbia University

Earl Core organized the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club

Cliff Hobbs of Cedar Grove began singing harmony for Billy Cox

Muriel Miller married Lester Dressler

Edgewood Country Club builds present clubhouse

Susanne Fisher sang with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra

Cass Gilbert built the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C.

Major flood from the South Branch River brought devastation to Grant County

Record floods hit Hardy County

Efforts to establish the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park began

Hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives attributed 476 deaths to work on the Hawks Nest Tunnel