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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Mercer County, W.Va.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Mahood</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Mercer County, 1900-1949: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey2.html#128.05.01">Clifton F. Bailey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey5.html#717.77.38">J. A. Douglas Bailey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker3.html#014.81.58">E. S. Baker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellison-ellsberry.html#951.51.41">Zed B. Ellison</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#378.23.50">J. C. Fanning</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferguson.html#983.75.80">R. B. Ferguson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/george.html#127.50.42">Charles T. George</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hains-haldor.html#276.53.21">John W. Haldren</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#581.75.35">C. Scott Lilly</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/masone-masten.html#509.25.05">T. K. Massie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perryman-petersen.html#871.34.61">F. M. Peters</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#037.11.54">Everett Lee Phillips</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynolds.html#902.60.03">Albert W. Reynolds, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers9.html#406.56.35">W. Scott Rogers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#962.97.16">Joseph M. Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#732.66.84">L. B. Sutherland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson4.html#429.95.55">G. C. Thompson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#228.45.06">Annie F. Woolwine</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright3.html#467.24.32">E. Blake Wright</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Mercer County, 1950-1999: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#816.88.14">Donald Anello</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewster.html#926.14.72">Harold D. Brewster, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter6.html#581.63.83">Leland H. Carter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culler-culpepper.html#588.48.42">Roy E. Cullop</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalzell-damrow.html#624.57.88">Edwin C. Damewood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/devison-dewesse.html#671.76.14">L. Harold DeVoe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dracos-drane.html#791.45.93">Allen K. Dozier</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#437.74.57">W. McKay Fanning</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#596.30.48">Richard D. Flanigan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall9.html#527.48.21">William A. Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holten-hook.html#909.24.13">Barbara Lilly Hood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkins.html#846.72.42">Mrs. A. L. Hopkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#043.72.71">Ella Nash Jarrell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirchdorfer-kirkby.html#419.06.13">Herman E. Kirchner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#669.64.29">Earl Landers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#796.14.98">Lemuel L. Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#008.69.30">D. W. McCormick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miley-millender.html#215.57.09">William Milhorn II</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peck.html#981.44.58">Ben B. Peck</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perry.html#738.21.79">James E. Perry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#037.11.54">Everett Lee Phillips</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sims.html#598.25.85">David L. Sims</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomason-thomasson.html#960.17.79">Fred Thomason</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson7.html#265.62.38">Otho B. Thompson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white1.html#304.22.78">Ben B. White, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitla-whitlow.html#271.70.81">W. H. Whitlow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilkinson-will.html#478.05.45">Bernard A. Wilkinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williamson.html#548.35.77">Samuel G. Williamson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#456.42.10">Tony E. Withrow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright7.html#434.67.43">Okley V. Wright</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yorke-youmans.html#181.73.21">Robert W. Yost</a></td></tr> </table></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Mercer County, Va. (now W.Va.):</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#971.75.91">Napoleon B. French</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Athens:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ball.html#025.93.60">Greg Ball</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ball.html#304.95.87">Homer Ball</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin3.html#972.56.02">E. H. Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#899.25.42">Hawey A. Wells, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#471.80.82">Margaret S. Wells</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white1.html#909.35.06">A. Clyde White</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Bluefield:</b></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1890-1899: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#341.19.10">Harold A. Ritz</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1900-1909: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atkinson.html#725.83.70">G. W. Atkinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin5.html#726.01.25">James E. Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#341.19.10">Harold A. Ritz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#414.41.79">Hugh Ike Shott</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1910-1919: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#478.96.26">A. E. Bivins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawks-hawthorne.html#880.98.61">W. P. Hawley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#182.27.02">Howard B. Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#341.19.10">Harold A. Ritz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#414.41.79">Hugh Ike Shott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stafseth-standifer.html#985.11.66">C. O. Stahlmann</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart1.html#154.49.82">Andrew Jackson Stewart</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1920-1929: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson8.html#421.09.94">S. R. Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyess-dzula.html#414.18.95">O. M. Dyerie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/earman-eastland.html#716.15.62">D. M. Easley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#024.00.75">David E. French</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#182.27.02">Howard B. Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#116.02.77">C. E. Lilley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#824.04.33">Joseph M. Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#414.41.79">Hugh Ike Shott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steele.html#165.31.05">Nettie Vass Steele</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart1.html#154.49.82">Andrew Jackson Stewart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas9.html#339.62.88">William H. Thomas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1930-1939: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson8.html#421.09.94">S. R. Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey7.html#569.84.64">R. L. Bailey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#614.64.15">Stella M. Bivins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackdon-blackstone.html#053.70.29">F. G. Blackman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruce.html#437.38.28">Kyle L. Bruce</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/earman-eastland.html#716.15.62">D. M. Easley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogarth-hogenauer.html#316.92.51">Joseph H. Hoge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#715.28.86">John Kee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#051.20.57">W. A. Light</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#813.05.38">Max Matz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#800.91.55">Russell S. Ritz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#140.49.29">Joseph M. Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saunders.html#284.63.06">P. T. Saunders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott6.html#997.08.66">Luther G. Scott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott7.html#866.18.40">Roberta H. Scott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#414.41.79">Hugh Ike Shott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snyder.html#993.40.93">W. C. Snyder</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart1.html#154.49.82">Andrew Jackson Stewart</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1940-1949: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson8.html#421.09.94">S. R. Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#839.41.01">P. J. Ashworth</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey7.html#569.84.64">R. L. Bailey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#980.71.68">Mrs. A. S. Booker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#313.31.52">Corinne Booker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brant-braxton.html#193.82.03">P. D. Bratton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruchhausen-brunner.html#816.39.79">Carl Herman Brunner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyal-dyell.html#890.05.73">Perry L. Dye</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/earman-eastland.html#716.15.62">D. M. Easley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/earman-eastland.html#167.78.86">Frank S. Easley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawks-hawthorne.html#596.97.93">Fred M. Hawley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkins.html#887.99.49">A. A. Hopkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbeel-hudnut.html#893.43.94">Paul S. Hudgins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#946.28.90">Howard M. Jarrett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#715.28.86">John Kee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lutfy-lynam.html#614.71.21">Roy L. Lyle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#458.05.56">Mary Ann McClaugherty</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell3.html#612.66.15">Emory P. Mitchell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perryman-petersen.html#892.18.76">Robert T. Peters</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#810.70.35">Nellie Poff</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#879.49.07">Walter V. Ross</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#414.41.79">Hugh Ike Shott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#562.80.00">Jim H. Shott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#061.42.97">Merriman S. Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snyder.html#993.40.93">W. C. Snyder</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart1.html#154.49.82">Andrew Jackson Stewart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornton.html#167.32.13">W. L. Thornton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#708.48.42">Charles C. Tickle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tierney.html#273.77.20">Laurence E. Tierney, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#062.26.13">A. Harry Vest</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1950-1959: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allensworth-allis.html#996.46.60">J. Lindsey Alley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blow-blumrosen.html#857.81.83">Fred O. Blue</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham4.html#981.54.42">Herbert L. Graham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#946.28.90">Howard M. Jarrett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#368.87.70">G. T. Johnston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#715.28.86">John Kee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#923.27.52">Elizabeth Kee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keitt-kellett.html#779.77.76">William L. Kell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#105.94.75">Philip T. Lilly, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell3.html#612.66.15">Emory P. Mitchell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/portland-posley.html#705.13.99">Arnold G. Porterfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#057.99.14">Robert M. Richardson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#863.58.58">Hugh Ike Shott, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#061.42.97">Merriman S. Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tanner.html#221.04.79">T. Courtney Tanner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornton.html#167.32.13">W. L. Thornton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#708.48.42">Charles C. Tickle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tierney.html#273.77.20">Laurence E. Tierney, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#062.26.13">A. Harry Vest</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagner.html#580.89.10">F. Morton Wagner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#874.09.50">Dan Wells</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#619.77.20">Benjamin F. Yancey, Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1960-1969: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#313.94.20">A. S. Barksdale, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnet-barnette.html#986.71.82">Ralph E. Barnett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blow-blumrosen.html#857.81.83">Fred O. Blue</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowen.html#974.01.80">Elizabeth Ann Bowen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cain.html#616.01.93">James C. Cain</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark5.html#833.13.37">J. Donald Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elliott.html#499.63.70">C. Edwin Elliott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faulkner.html#693.56.83">Howard B. Faulkner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harless-harmison.html#220.26.44">Perle T. Harman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkins.html#949.11.72">Ray C. Hopkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#946.28.90">Howard M. Jarrett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaneaster-karns.html#912.63.80">Norris Kantor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#844.53.18">James Kee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#923.27.52">Elizabeth Kee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#335.12.27">O. Judson Lambert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#105.94.75">Philip T. Lilly, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oswald-othneil.html#718.82.25">E. G. Otey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#248.56.76">William S. Penn, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/portland-posley.html#705.13.99">Arnold G. Porterfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#863.58.58">Hugh Ike Shott, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#189.21.42">John C. Shott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stephens.html#904.76.55">Clyde J. Stephens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thone-thornley.html#505.29.19">Lucille W. Thornhill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#708.48.42">Charles C. Tickle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tierney.html#273.77.20">Laurence E. Tierney, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#062.26.13">A. Harry Vest</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagner.html#580.89.10">F. Morton Wagner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#713.89.64">Henry F. Warden, Sr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#019.57.21">Paige Wooldridge</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1970-1979: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnet-barnette.html#986.71.82">Ralph E. Barnett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elliott.html#499.63.70">C. Edwin Elliott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#946.28.90">Howard M. Jarrett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaneaster-karns.html#912.63.80">Norris Kantor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/karol-kauffman.html#628.73.59">Jerome Katz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#844.53.18">James Kee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#541.54.65">Don Keesling</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcnamee-mcpheeters.html#181.71.68">James W. McNeely</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#863.58.58">Hugh Ike Shott, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wernsing-wesson.html#585.94.68">Richard Wesley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilkinson-will.html#140.27.46">R. W. Wilkinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#019.57.21">Paige Wooldridge</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1980-1989: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#569.10.10">Paul Cole, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hammond.html#126.42.91">Craig A. Hammond</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#541.54.65">Don Keesling</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan-mork.html#812.92.82">Lawrence E. Morhous</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 1990-1999: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewster.html#784.16.95">Marianne R. Brewster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilberta-gilgun.html#423.05.97">Webster Gilbreath</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker6.html#421.47.85">Nelson Walker</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 2000-2009: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html#354.08.40">Marty Gearheart</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Bluefield, 2010-2023: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#938.90.83">Bill Cole</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html#354.08.40">Marty Gearheart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#720.50.16">John H. Shott</a></td></tr> </table></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Bramwell:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#698.08.79">Edward Cooper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovon-dorilus.html#488.93.69">Philip Doodwill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mann.html#182.23.32">Isaac T. Mann</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#314.18.49">John C. Pack</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas9.html#386.73.43">W. H. Thomas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gladesville, Va. (now Princeton, W.Va.):</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cale-calhoon.html#082.20.33">Charles W. Calfee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith3.html#114.97.21">French Smith</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kellysville:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitla-whitlow.html#290.50.96">Tony E. Whitlow</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lerona:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/courts-covode.html#621.12.22">Winton G. Covey, Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Matoaka:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey3.html#363.96.93">Ernest L. Bailey</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Montcalm:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#369.77.93">Roy A. Cole</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright4.html#063.12.71">H. Dennis Wright</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Princeton:</b></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Princeton, 1850-1899: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#259.91.31">Allen T. Caperton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darnell-daughenbaugh.html#489.38.85">Samuel M. Darnewood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/feickert-fellman.html#079.24.16">Zachariah Fellers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#093.06.55">John C. Hughes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lacey.html#931.35.90">Alexander J. Lacey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckenzie.html#966.69.20">John A. McKenzie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott4.html#257.72.63">Hercules Scott</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Princeton, 1900-1949: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">O. H. Ballard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook9.html#424.42.93">William Cassius Cook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#216.47.28">G. H. Crumpecker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/danaher-danhof.html#125.67.25">John L. Dangerfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#923.45.58">Wirt A. French</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#617.11.37">Joseph H. Gadd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harper.html#893.82.11">M. G. Harper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvie-hasenfratz.html#531.86.86">G. C. Hash</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holt.html#030.59.29">Robert E. L. Holt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#093.06.55">John C. Hughes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#884.76.76">W. Broughton Johnston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laws-lawyer.html#485.17.82">Joseph W. Lawson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#894.28.03">Ernest D. Lilly</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin2.html#295.62.63">Dona B. Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#559.00.56">Kyle McCormick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcnamee-mcpheeters.html#532.21.83">William B. McNutt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller6.html#839.43.39">Merlin L. Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#104.07.49">Howard K. Osborne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#224.52.63">John R. Pendleton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html#104.11.30">J. C. Ridenour</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#442.30.76">Hartley Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#616.04.92">James B. Shrewsbury</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallach-walser.html#428.94.68">W. H. Wallingford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white4.html#413.55.32">G. K. White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#849.27.39">Leonard E. White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams3.html#941.77.99">Fred A. Williams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Princeton, 1950-1999: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey4.html#369.95.23">Gilbert E. Bailey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">O. H. Ballard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carpenter-carper.html#628.16.42">W. Grady Carper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#710.51.21">Malcolm G. Champ</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christenson-christianson.html#693.67.52">Clarence C. Christian, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark1.html#734.17.06">Mrs. Andrew Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark1.html#527.21.50">Andrew L. Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dehart-deland.html#310.99.31">H. E. DeJarnette</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempsey.html#876.29.77">Walter Dempsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elmore.html#589.54.22">Clarence C. Elmore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#287.20.24">Herbert S. Fink</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frazier-frechette.html#400.51.40">John R. Frazier</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#416.77.26">Cyrus H. Gadd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill2.html#897.34.13">Dual L. Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holmstrom-holswade.html#918.55.67">Robert E. Holroyd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#136.86.95">Odell H. Huffman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#884.76.76">W. Broughton Johnston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laws-lawyer.html#485.17.82">Joseph W. Lawson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/loges-lonergan.html#668.51.58">Charles E. Lohr</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manners-manning.html#707.63.50">Glenn A. Manning</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#554.89.72">Emory J. Reaser</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#959.37.44">John M. Richardson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#442.30.76">Hartley Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#502.69.46">William H. Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaffer.html#865.50.38">Joseph C. Shaffer, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simons.html#886.28.91">E. R. Simons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sjoberg-skillman.html#463.52.33">Lewis I. Skeens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stafford.html#023.53.98">William P. Stafford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart7.html#631.21.76">Robert L. Stewart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white4.html#413.55.32">G. K. White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams3.html#941.77.99">Fred A. Williams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Princeton, 2000-2023: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellet-ellington.html#810.71.56">Joe Ellington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#341.51.53">Ryan J. Flanigan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frazier-frechette.html#400.51.40">John R. Frazier</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill2.html#897.34.13">Dual L. Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holmstrom-holswade.html#009.51.59">Emilie Holroyd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#170.30.01">Marshall Long</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morang-moreaux.html#404.08.50">Bill Morefield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#745.56.95">Mark Wills</a></td></tr> </table></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Princeton, Va. (now W.Va.):</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall1.html#205.14.17">Benjamin Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hensel-heraz.html#585.76.93">Patrick H. Heptinstall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howarth-howe.html#659.49.11">William H. Howe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkinson-jenning.html#925.21.40">Charles Jenks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#950.16.29">Theodore Jourdain</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearis-pearsell.html#893.21.90">Daniel H. Pearis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearis-pearsell.html#204.49.20">George W. Pearis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott4.html#257.72.63">Hercules Scott</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ZZ-lived.html">West Virginia areas not assigned to counties</a>. </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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