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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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Who was the first woman to represent West Virginia in the U.S. Congress?
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In 1964, who became the first woman to serve on the Interstate Commerce Commission?
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Robert C. Byrd holds the record for which one of the following?
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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 only a three-year term due to disputed election results.
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In the 1970s, this politician was the state's "junk czar," leading a statewide campaign to clean up litter.
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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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This governor first came to West Virginia in the 1960s as a social worker fighting poverty.
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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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