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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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Anna Johnson Gates was the first West Virginia woman to serve in this government body.
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Of the state's many noted Jacksons, who is the only one to serve as governor?
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Which U.S. president spoke at the state capitol on West Virginia's 100th birthday?
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Jack Kelly was the first nominee for governor of this party.
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Which governor also served as president of West Virginia Wesleyan College?
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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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Which politician dealt Cecil Underwood his final political defeat to become governor?
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Who is the only member of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to be convicted of and served prison time for ethics crimes?
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Who was the first governor born within the boundaries that became West Virginia?
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