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Which Martinsburg native served as secretary of war under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I?
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This governor increased corporate taxes and wrote History of Kanawha County and After the Moonshiners.
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In 1964, who became the first woman to serve on the Interstate Commerce Commission?
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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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Of the state's many noted Jacksons, who is the only one to serve as governor?
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Which governor essentially destroyed his political career by supporting a severance tax on coal and other natural resources in the 1950s?
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This politician served in he U.S. House of Representatives longer than any other West Virginian.
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What future U.S. senator did William E. Stevenson defeat to become governor in 1868?
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Legislation introduced by House of Delegates member Elizabeth Drewry led to this.
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