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This Romney native served as Under Secretary of the Army under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
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Of the state's many noted Jacksons, who is the only one to serve as governor?
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This was West Virginia's last two-term governor before the 1970s.
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Where was U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd born?
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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 the first former Confederate soldier to serve as governor of West Virginia?
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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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Who was the first governor with an office in Charleston after the capital was moved from Wheeling?
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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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