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This governor increased corporate taxes and wrote History of Kanawha County and After the Moonshiners.
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John J. Cornwell was governor of West Virginia when this began.
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Which politician moved to West Virginia and ran successfully for Congress in 2014 after being denied the right to run that year in Maryland?
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Who was governor during the Battle of Blair Mountain?
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Matthew Reese helped organize this candidate's presidential campaign in West Virginia.
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Who was the Republican candidate for governor in 1956, 1964, 1976, and 1996?
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Which governor served a five-year term due to a disputed election?
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What grandson of a former governor was elected to Congress in 2024?
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Who was the first governor born within the boundaries that became West Virginia?
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How many of the state's secretaries of state have resided in the Eastern Panhandle?
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