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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 was the first Black woman in West Virginia to hold a state-level administrative position?
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This governor served prison time for bribing a jury foreman.
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This Hinton native served as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama Administration and as the first female president of American University.
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Who is the longest-serving speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates in history?
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Which one of the following did NOT campaign to locate the permanent state capital in Charleston?
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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 is TRUE about Vernon Johnson
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Who was the first governor born within the boundaries that became West Virginia?
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Who was West Virginia's first secretary of state?
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