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Prior to the Civil War, how many governors of Virginia came from counties in present West Virginia?
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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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Congressman Ken Hechler played a key role in passing which one of the following?
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Congressman Jacob Beeson Blair was the first West Virginian to learn of the following?
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Which one of the following has a statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall?
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Who was West Virginia's second former governor sentenced to prison for political corruption
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This politician was the Democrat candidate for governor in 1996 and Mountain Party candidate for governor in 2016.
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Matthew Reese helped organize this candidate's presidential campaign in West Virginia.
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This governor first came to West Virginia in the 1960s as a social worker fighting poverty.
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Who is the only Jewish congressman in West Virginia history?
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