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William Wallace Barron (1911-2002) —
also known as Wally Barron —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., December
8, 1911.
Son of Rev. Frederick H. Barron and Mary (Butler) Barron.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; 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).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of B. H. Smith and Dolly (Chafin) Smith.
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:
Married to DeLena A. Powell. |
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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,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1977-2004 (4th District
1977-93, 3rd District 1993-2004); 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 2010.
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A. James Manchin (1927-2003) —
of Farmington, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Farmington, Marion
County, W.Va., April 7,
1927.
Son of Joseph Manchin, Sr. and Kathleen (Rosco) Manchin.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1949-50;
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.
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, 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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Relatives:
Married 1951
to Stella Machel. |
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Arch Alfred Moore, Jr. (b. 1923) —
also known as Arch A. Moore, Jr. —
of Glen Dale, Marshall
County, W.Va.; Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va., April 16,
1923.
Son of Arch A. Moore and Genevieve (Jones) Moore.
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; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from West Virginia, 1960,
1972;
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.
Still living as of 2009.
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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.
Son of James Brackenrich and Helen Brackenrich.
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:
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 2010.
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