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unusual facts about Governor of West Virginia



James M. Lloyd

Lloyd, alongside that year nominee, Vice President Richard Nixon and Governor of West Virginia Cecil H. Underwood (who also ran only in his home state), were the only candidates to win primaries in 1960.

Rocky Fitzsimmons

Fitzsimmons was appointed to the West Virginia Senate in December 2012 by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, replacing Orphy Klempa.


see also

George Atkinson

George W. Atkinson (1845–1925), Republican Governor of West Virginia, United States

Rick Thompson

He unsuccessfully ran for Governor of West Virginia in 2011, coming in second place behind acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin.

West Virginia Law Review

William C. Marland 24th governor of West Virginia (1953-1957) and West Virginia Attorney General (1949-1952)

William Conley

William G. Conley (1866–1940), an American politician who served as Governor of West Virginia