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What baseball pitcher played with the old Charleston Senators and went on to the United States Senate?
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Who was the first governor of West Virginia?
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This Hinton native served as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama Administration and as the first female president of American University.
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This was West Virginia's last two-term governor before the 1970s.
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When Herman Guy Kump became president, which one of the following was NOT occurring?
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Which U.S. senator filibustered (tried to block passage of) the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
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Which governor supported the desegregation of schools following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education?
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Who was West Virginia's second former governor sentenced to prison for political corruption
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This state attorney general in the 1960s later served prison time for political corruption.
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Who is the only member of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to be convicted of and served prison time for ethics crimes?
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