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What Clarksburg native served as secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter?
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Who was the first governor of West Virginia?
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John J. Cornwell was governor of West Virginia when this began.
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Ambassador and Clarksburg native Joseph S. Farland was involved with which one of the following secret missions.
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This governor served the shortest term in office, only six days.
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Congressman Ken Hechler played a key role in passing which one of the following?
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Where was U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd born?
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This governor first came to West Virginia in the 1960s as a social worker fighting poverty.
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Which politician dealt Cecil Underwood his final political defeat to become governor?
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This lawyer who represented miners after the Battle of Blair Mountain was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor in 1932.
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