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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 did Gaston Caperton defeat to become West Virginia's 31st governor?
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Who was the first woman elected to the state's executive branch?
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Which one of the following was NOT part of the "Kanawha Ring" of Democrats?
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Which governor essentially destroyed his political career by supporting a severance tax on coal and other natural resources in the 1950s?
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Which governor called out the National Guard to stop the 1877 railroad strike in Martinsburg?
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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 the first governor to have budget-making authority following passage of the Modern Budget Amendment?
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What U.S. Postmaster General started the nation's first rural free delivery of mail in West Virginia?
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Who was West Virginia's first secretary of state?
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