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11 May

Alan Mollohan lost his bid for a 15th consecutive term

Congressman Alan Bowlby Mollohan is a congressman's son who served longer than his father in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was born in Fairmont on May 14, 1943. For six years, beginning in seventh grade, he attended Greenbrier Military Sch...

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