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Government of West Virginia
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These two men were West Virginia's first United States senators.
Nat Turner and Lewis Summers
John Carlile and Henry Ruffner
Waitman Willey and Peter Van Winkle
Doddridge and Campbell
2
During the Civil War, a new state government was formed in this city.
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Bridgeport
Wheeling
3
The West Virginia Legislature is this kind of structure.
semicameral
unicameral
octocameral
bicameral
4
This West Virginia governor addressed theRepublican National Convention in Chicago on 7/25/60
William W. Barron
Arch A. Moore
Hulett C. Smith
Cecil Underwood
5
How many justices serve on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals?
4
8
5
9
6
The most important functions of county government in West Virginia are controlled by:
county clerk
county commission
mayor
county manager
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This native of Dog Fork Hollow in Boone County, has servedasthestatetreasurerof WV since 1997.
Herbert Humphries
Robert Wise
John Perdue
Natalie Tennant
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In 2004, this Charleston native became the first woman to be elected as WVs Secretary of State.
Betty White
Natalie Tennant
Shelly Moore Capito
Betty Ireland
9
This man was the first president of the West Virginia AFL-CIO.
Miles Stanley
Walter Reuther
T. Joseph Lopez
Leon Sullivan
10
This three-term West Virginia governor was born in Moundsville on April 16, 1923.
Arch Moore
William Marland
Leon Sullivan
William Trent
11
This man served as United States senator from West Virginia from 1959 to 1985.
Francis Pierpont
Robert C. Byrd
Albert Jenkins
Jennings Randolph
12
This Lewisburg native served as governor of West Virginia from 1937 to 1941.
M. Mansfield Neely
Clarence Meadows
Homer Holt
Okey L. Patterson
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In 2014, at age 18, this delegate from Berkeley County became the youngest woman ever elected
Melinda Moore
Saira Blair
Susan Hulett
Brittany Anderson
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This office holder serves as the county treasurer.
Auditor
Assessor
Sheriff
County Clerk
15
In 1925,thisman became the first West Virginia governor to occupy the current ExecutiveMansion.
H. Guy Kump
Howard Gore
Ephraim Morgan
William E. Glasscock
16
In order to serve in the WV House of Delegates, a person must have attained this minimum age.
25
20
22
18
17
This MarionCounty native, served as SecretaryofState from 01-05, was elected governor on 11/04.
Joe Manchin
Jim Justice
Earl Ray Tomblin
Arch Moore
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Municipalities with fewer than 2,000 residents must use this form of government:
executive form
council-manager
mayor-council
commission form
19
This Brooke County man served as the first state treasurer of West Virginia.
Martin Delany
Campbell Tarr
Herman Kump
Walter Reuther
20
This medical doctor became governor of West Virginia in 1913.
William Conley
A. Brooks Fleming
John J. Jacob
Henry Hatfield
21
This former governor, whose Charleston home later became a children’s museum, died on 9/2/30.
John Carlile
Cecil Underwood
Henry Clay
William McCorkle
22
This United States senator was born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina on November 20, 1917.
William Trent
William C. Marland
Arch Moore
Robert C. Byrd
23
The elected official who is keeper of the Great Seal of West Virginia is:
Secretary of State
State Treasurer
Governor
State Auditor
24
A public dinner was held in Lewisburg on August 30,1826, to honor this U.S. Secretary of State.
Alexander Campbell
Henry Ruffner
Henry Clay
Phillip Doddridge