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1
This Hinton native served as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama Administration and as the first female president of American University.
2
John J. Cornwell was governor of West Virginia when this began.
3
This governor was often seen as leader of the non-labor faction of Democrats during the 1930s.
4
Who was the first woman elected to the state's executive branch?
5
Which one of the following has a statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall?
6
Which politician defeated long-time attorney general Darrell McGraw in 2012?
7
What state agency did Hulett Smith lead before becoming governor?
8
What future U.S. senator did William E. Stevenson defeat to become governor in 1868?
9
Which governor did "Devil Anse" Hatfield name one of his sons for?
10
Who is the only Jewish congressman in West Virginia history?

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