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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 governor increased corporate taxes and wrote History of Kanawha County and After the Moonshiners.
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William G. Conley was governor of West Virginia when this began.
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She was the first woman to hold statewide public office in West Virginia.
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Congressman Jacob Beeson Blair was the first West Virginian to learn of the following?
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Which U.S. senator filibustered (tried to block passage of) the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
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Which politician moved to West Virginia and ran successfully for Congress in 2014 after being denied the right to run that year in Maryland?
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Who did Shelley Moore Capito defeat in 2014 to become West Virginia's first female U.S. senator?
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Which governor did "Devil Anse" Hatfield name one of his sons for?
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Who was West Virginia's first state treasurer?
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