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William Wallace Barron (1911-2002) —
also known as W. Wallace Barron; Wally
Barron —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., December
8, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Elkins, W.Va., 1949-50; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1951-53;
resigned 1953; West
Virginia state attorney general; elected 1956; Governor of
West Virginia, 1961-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Civitan;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Convicted
of jury
tampering in 1971, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
12, 2002 (age 90 years, 339
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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W. Bernard Smith (b. 1930) —
of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., September
7, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1969-72; removed 1972.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Expelled
from West Virginia State Senate, January 27, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives: Son
of B. H. Smith and Dolly (Chafin) Smith; married to DeLena A.
Powell. |
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James E. Roark (b. 1945) —
also known as Mike Roark; "Mad
Dog" —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Nitro, Kanawha
County, W.Va., 1945.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
lawyer;
mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1983-87; resigned 1987.
Indicted
in August, 1987, on felony charges of possessing and distributing cocaine,
and conspiring to obstruct
the investigation
by inducing a witness to commit perjury;
pleaded
guilty to misdemeanors in November, and resigned
as mayor.
Still living as of 1987.
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Nick Joe Rahall II (b. 1949) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., May 20,
1949.
Democrat. Staff assistant to U.S. Sen. Robert
Byrd, 1972-74; director of Rahall Communications, family
business, owning radio and TV
stations; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1972,
1980,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1977-2012 (4th District
1977-93, 3rd District 1993-2012); arrested
in California for drunk
driving,
1988.
Presbyterian.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
NAACP;
National
Rifle Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2014.
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Antonio James Manchin (1927-2003) —
also known as A. James Manchin —
of Farmington, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Farmington, Marion
County, W.Va., April 7,
1927.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1949-50, 1999-2003; defeated,
1950; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1952;
secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1976-84; West
Virginia state treasurer, 1985-89; resigned 1989.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Following the disclosure of losses from the State Consolidated
Investment Fund and accusations of mismanagement
in the State Treasurer's office, the House of Delegates, in 1989,
brought impeachment
charges against him, but he resigned
as State Treasurer before a trial could be held.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Fairmont General Hospital,
Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., November
3, 2003 (age 76 years, 210
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Farmington, W.Va.
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Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (1923-2015) —
also known as Arch A. Moore, Jr. —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.; Glen Dale, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va., April
16, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1953-54;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1957-69;
defeated, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1960
(alternate), 1972
(alternate), 1984
(delegation chair); member of Republican
National Committee from West Virginia, 1963-73; Governor of
West Virginia, 1969-77, 1985-89; defeated, 1980, 1988; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1978.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles;
Elks; Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Pleaded
guilty in 1990 to five felonies,
over findings that he had accepted illegal
contributions to his 1984 and 1988 election campaigns, had extorted
over $500,000 from a coal company, and obstructed
the investigation; served two years and eight months in prison.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
7, 2015 (age 91 years, 266
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Moundsville, W.Va.
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James D. Brackenrich (b. 1936) —
also known as J. D. Brackenrich —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Greenbrier
County, W.Va., January
23, 1936.
Democrat. Engineer;
surveyor;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1987-93; resigned 1993.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; National Rifle
Association.
Pleaded
guilty on May 1, 1996 to a misdemeanor charge
of filling
wetlands without a Clean Water Act permit.
Still living as of 1996.
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Relatives: Son
of James Brackenrich and Helen Brackenrich; married 1958 to
Patricia Griffith. |
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Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Bob Wise —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Clendenin, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1981-82; resigned 1982; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1983-2001 (3rd District
1983-93, 2nd District 1993-2001); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004;
Governor
of West Virginia, 2001-05.
Member, American Bar
Association.
In 2003, he was accused
of having an extramarital
affair with a married female state employee; he admitted
the affair, and dropped
his campaign for re-election.
Still living as of 2014.
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Donald L. Blankenship (b. 1950) —
also known as Don Blankenship —
of Sprigg, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Stopover, Pike
County, Ky., March
14, 1950.
Accountant;
coal mining
executive; chairman and CEO of Massey Energy, 2000-10; in April
2010, an explosion at the company's Upper Big Branch coal mine killed
29 miners; convicted
on a charge
of conspiring to violate
mine safety standards; served one year in prison;
Constitution candidate for President
of the United States, 2020.
Still living as of 2020.
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Emmett S. Pugh III —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Mayor
of Beckley, W.Va., 1988-2013.
In April 2012, he was accused,
in two complaints
filed with the West Virginia Ethics Commission, of accepting improper
gifts, including shares of development firms, in return for free
use of city resources; without admitting guilt, he agreed to
retire as mayor, and repay
the cost of the investigation.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
The State Journal, April 4, 2012 |
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Amy Johnson Ford —
also known as Amy Jolene Johnson; Amy Jolene
Thorn —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Republican. Registered
nurse; during the Covid-19 pandemic, volunteered to work with
patients in New York and Texas; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020 ;
in October 2020, in Williamson, W.Va., she was charged
with shooting
a woman in the stomach during an argument.
Female.
Still living as of 2020.
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