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Preston County
West Virginia
Preston County Political Parties
Democratic Party chairs in Preston County (incomplete!): John Barton Payne, 1877-82 — Joe V. Gibson, as of 1917 — Joe V. Gibson, as of 1929 — Cramer W. Gibson, as of 1940-41 — C. B. Linger, as of 1942-45 — Bo Spahr, as of 1946 — Milford L. Gibson, as of 1949-50 — Ralph N. Brown, as of 1954-55 — Arthur B. Carroll, as of 1961-63 — Robert D. Cline, as of 1969-70 — Robert D. Cline, as of 1975 — Phil Larew, as of 1983 Republican Party chairs in Preston County (incomplete!): William M. O. Dawson, 1875-88 — F. E. Parrack, as of 1917 — Charles P. Wilhelm, as of 1940-42 — Paul R. Maness, as of 1945-46 — Frank B. Everhart, as of 1949-54 — C. S. Harriman, as of 1961 — Frank B. Everhart, as of 1962-63 — Charles Whetsell, as of 1969-73 — Steve Chidester, as of 1983 Preston County
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