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15 unusual facts about Joe Manchin


130th Airlift Wing

On June 13, 2005, members of the BRAC commission came to Charleston to evaluate the base and talk to General Tackett, Governor Joe Manchin, Senator Robert Byrd, Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito and Col. Bill Peters, Jr, former commander of the 130th and chair for Keep 'Em Flying.

Boone County, West Virginia

These two deaths with the addition of January's Sago Mine disaster and the Aracoma Alma Mine disaster caused West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to close all of West Virginia's mines in a "mine safety stand-down."

Friends of Coal Bowl

Planned to be a seven-year series, the Friends of Coal Bowl was organized by the West Virginia Coal Association at the urging of West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin.

Gina Marie Groh

In March 2011, United States Senators Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller recommended Groh to President Obama to fill a vacant seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

In 2006, she was appointed by (then) Governor Joe Manchin as a Judge of the 23rd Judicial Circuit Court of West Virginia.

Glen Gainer III

He won the Democratic primary with 63%, defeating Mark Anthony Manchin, son of former Secretary of State and State Treasurer A. James Manchin and uncle of current U.S. Senator Joe Manchin.

Ken Hechler

On July 21, 2010, he filed to run in the special election to succeed the late Senator Robert Byrd, running in the primary against Gov. Joe Manchin.

Menis E. Ketchum

Other Gubernatorial appointments include the State Mine Safety Task Force as Legal Counsel by Governor Joe Manchin.

Nick Casey

Casey has served as treasurer for Senator and former Governor Joe Manchin's campaigns, and also served as campaign treasurer for Mario Palumbo.

Roy Lee Cooke

Governor Underwood named him a Distinguished West Virginian in 1999, and in 2002, the current Governor, Manchin, then Secretary of State, appointed him a Member of the 35th Star.

Uneeda, West Virginia

This fatality along with another one in a separate incident in Wharton, also in Boone County, caused West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to call for a "stand-down on mine safety" at West Virginia's mines.

West Virginia Air National Guard

On June 13, 2005, members of the BRAC commission came to Charleston to evaluate the base and talk to General Tackett, Governor Joe Manchin, Senator Robert Byrd, Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito and Col. Bill Peters, Jr., former commander of the 130th and chair for Keep 'Em Flying.

West Virginia Route 193

On September 8, 2006, Governor Joe Manchin officially declared that the route would, in addition to its WVDOT designation, would also be named the "Big Ben" Bowen Highway after Ben Bowen, an area toddler who died from cancer.

West Virginia Route 9

In April 2008, a section of the road, which passes by his Gap View Farm home, was named and dedicated in Frank Buckles's honor by then-West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin.

Wharton, West Virginia

This fatality along with another one in a separate incident in Uneeda, also in Boone County, caused West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to call for a "stand-down on mine safety" at West Virginia's mines.


West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band

In 2008 the band performed at the inauguration of West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin in Charleston.