Information on West Virginia's economy, government, culture, state map and flag, major cities, points of interest, famous residents, state motto, symbols, nicknames, and other trivia.
Waterfalls in Blackwater Falls State Park, central West Virginia. © John Brueske/Shutterstock.com Adena burial mound Adena burial mound, Grave Creek Mound National Historic Landmark, Moundsville, West... Michael Keller/WV Division of Culture and History ...
West Virginia - Politics, Economy, Culture: West Virginia’s present constitution dates from 1872, but it has been amended many times. The governor is head of the executive branch and is assisted by a secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney gene
Since 1863, Webster County has voted Democratic in every presidential election with the exceptions of 1972 and 2012. In 1972, Nixon carried the county by a mere 1.0% against George McGovern. However in 2012 carried the county handily wit... B County - 《Towns in West Virginia》 被引量: ...
West Virginia is a deeply red state, with a Republican governor and Republican majorities in both the House of Delegates and the Senate. The state has a long history of voting Republican in presidential elections, with only three occasions since 1936 where it has voted for a Democrat – in ...
West Virginia, known as The Mountain State, was became a state on June 20, 1863. In its early history from 1609 until 1863, West Virginia was a part ofVirginiauntil that state's leaders unwisely seceded from the Union in 1861. The delegates of the 40 western Virginia counties who opposed...
West Virginia became the 35th state following the Wheeling Conventions that eventually enabled the state to break away from Virginia during the American Civil War. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863 and was the only state to form through secession from a Confederate state....
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — More than a month before the Nov. 5 election, Jim Justice declared victory in his Senate race in deeply Republican West Virginia, a chest thump at the same time the two-term governor was in a behind-the-scenes fight to k...
The Election of 1960 To win the 1960 presidential nomination, Senator John Kennedy defeated Senator Hubert Humphrey in the Wisconsin and West Virginia primaries. These victorie... William J. Rorabaugh 被引量: 1发表: 2012年 Psychobiography and Secession: The Southern Radical as Maladjusted "Outside...