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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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Prior to the Civil War, how many governors of Virginia came from counties in present West Virginia?
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What West Virginian was the Democratic candidate for president in 1924?
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This governor served prison time for bribing a jury foreman.
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Who was the only member of Congress to march with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Selma, Alabama?
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She was the first woman to hold statewide public office in West Virginia.
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When Herman Guy Kump became president, which one of the following was NOT occurring?
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Which governor did "Devil Anse" Hatfield name one of his sons for?
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This lawyer who represented miners after the Battle of Blair Mountain was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor in 1932.
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Legislation introduced by House of Delegates member Elizabeth Drewry led to this.
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