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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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This governor increased corporate taxes and wrote History of Kanawha County and After the Moonshiners.
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Who is the only licensed medical doctor ever elected governor of West Virginia?
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She was the first woman to hold statewide public office in West Virginia.
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This governor was often seen as leader of the non-labor faction of Democrats during the 1930s.
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Who was governor when West Virginia's second (current) constitution was adopted?
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Which one of the following was NOT part of the "Kanawha Ring" of Democrats?
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Who was the first former Confederate soldier to serve as governor of West Virginia?
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Who was the Republican candidate for governor in 1956, 1964, 1976, and 1996?
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Who was West Virginia's first state treasurer?
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