Related Research Articles
Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the seat of Kanawha County. Located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers,the city had a population of 48,864 at the 2020 census and an estimated population of 48,018 in 2021. The Charleston metropolitan area had 210,605 residents in 2020.
Braxton County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census,the population was 12,447. The county seat is Sutton. The county was formed in 1836 from parts of Lewis,Kanawha,and Nicholas counties and named for Carter Braxton,a Virginia statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Kanawha County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census,the population was 180,745,making it West Virginia's most populous county. The county seat is Charleston,which is also the state capital and most populous city. Kanawha County is part of the Charleston,WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Fayette County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census,the population was 40,488. Its county seat is Fayetteville. It is part of the Beckley,WV Metropolitan Statistical Area in Southern West Virginia.
Nitro is a city in Kanawha and Putnam counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It takes its name from a World War I era nitrocellulose plant. The population was 6,618 according to the 2020 census. It is part of the Charleston metropolitan area.
The Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River,approximately 97 mi (156 km) long,in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The largest inland waterway in West Virginia,its watershed has been a significant industrial region of the state since early in the 19th century.
John Edward Kenna was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death.
The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms. Although the Democratic Party held a supermajority in the Senate as recently as 2015,Republicans now dominate in the chamber,and holds 31 seats to the Democrats' three seats.
Malden —originally called Kanawha Salines —is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County,West Virginia,United States,within the Charleston metro area.
Philip Rootes Thompson was an 18th-century and 19th-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.
Charles Philip Snyder was an American lawyer,judge and Democratic politician from West Virginia,who represented West Virginia's 3rd congressional district during the 48th,49th,and 50th United States Congresses.
Adam Brown Littlepage was a lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative. Congressman Littlepage was born near Charleston,West Virginia,in Kanawha County on April 14,1859. He served as a member of the 62nd,64th,and 65th United States Congresses. He died in Charleston,June 29,1921.
Margaret Lee Workman is an American lawyer and a former justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Her 1988 election to the Supreme Court made her the first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia and first female Justice on the Court.
The Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival is an annual festival dedicated to the public high school marching bands and majorette corps in Kanawha County,West Virginia. It is the longest running music festival in West Virginia and is held at the University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field in Charleston at the end of September each year,typically the last Tuesday. The first event was held in 1947 and was attended by nearly 25,000 people. The event was originally sponsored by the Charleston Daily Mail newspaper,but is now sponsored by the Charleston Gazette-Mail after the Daily Mail merged with the Charleston Gazette in 2015. The event was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 festival was the event's 77th anniversary and the Festival Grand Champion was Sissonville High School.
Irene Cornelia Berger is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Kanawha Falls is an unincorporated community in Fayette County,West Virginia,United States. Kanawha Falls is located on the east bank of the Kanawha River,2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Gauley Bridge and 0.6 miles (0.97 km) downstream from the waterfall of the same name. Kanawha Falls had a post office,which opened on March 26,1856,and closed on November 2,2002.
William Gordon Mathews was a Federal judge and lawyer from Charleston,West Virginia,serving as Referee in Bankruptcy for Kanawha,West Virginia 1898-1908,and Clerk of the Court for Kanawha 1903-1904.
Meshea La'Shawn Poore is an American lawyer and politician from the state of West Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party,Poore served in the West Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 37th district.
Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia. He was a prominent lawyer in Charleston,where he practiced law for over 50 years. Born in Romney in 1886,Flournoy was the son of West Virginia State Senator Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy. Flournoy was a grandson of Hampshire County Clerk of Court John Baker White and a nephew of West Virginia Attorney General Robert White and West Virginia Fish Commission President Christian Streit White. He was also a relative of Thomas Flournoy,United States Representative from Virginia.
Andrew Byrd is an American politician who has served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 35th district since 2014.
References
- ↑ Dunster, E.S.; Foster, F.P.; Hunter, J.B.; de Medicis Sajous, C.E.; Stragnell, G.; Klaunberg, H.J.; Martí-Ibáñez, F. (1901). International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics. Vol. 73. MD Publications. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
- ↑ Rice, O.K. (1981). Charleston and the Kanawha Valley: an illustrated history. Windsor Publications. ISBN 9780897810463 . Retrieved 2015-08-27.
|  | |
 | This article about a West Virginia politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |