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Robert C. Byrd holds the record for which one of the following?
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This governor served only a three-year term due to disputed election results.
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Which politician's uncle was killed in the 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster?
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Which governor negotiated a controversial legal settlement related to the Buffalo Creek Disaster?
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This politician served in he U.S. House of Representatives longer than any other West Virginian.
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Matthew Reese helped organize this candidate's presidential campaign in West Virginia.
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This governor first came to West Virginia in the 1960s as a social worker fighting poverty.
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Which governor did "Devil Anse" Hatfield name one of his sons for?
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Which politician dealt Cecil Underwood his final political defeat to become governor?
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Legislation introduced by House of Delegates member Elizabeth Drewry led to this.
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