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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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This U.S. senator helped expose the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster.
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Which family controlled the state's 5th congressional district for 40 years?
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Which one of the following has a statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall?
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What Marion County family served in Congress from 1953-57 and 1969-2011?
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Who was West Virginia's second former governor sentenced to prison for political corruption
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Matthew Reese helped organize this candidate's presidential campaign in West Virginia.
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Which member of Congress introduced legislation in 1980 that deregulated the railroad industry?
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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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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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