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Which Martinsburg native served as secretary of war under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I?
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This governor increased corporate taxes and wrote History of Kanawha County and After the Moonshiners.
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John J. Cornwell was governor of West Virginia when this began.
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Who is the only licensed medical doctor ever elected governor of West Virginia?
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Congressman Ken Hechler played a key role in passing which one of the following?
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This U.S. senator helped expose the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster.
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Which one of the following has a statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall?
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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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Which governor negotiated a controversial legal settlement related to the Buffalo Creek Disaster?
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Which politician dealt Cecil Underwood his final political defeat to become governor?
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