Okey Patteson
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Okey Leonidas Patteson was the 23rd governor of West Virginia from 1949 to 1953. He was a member of the Democratic Party and of the "machine" that totally controlled politics in that era in the state.
Okey Patteson
Clarence W. Meadows
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Clarence Watson Meadows was the 22nd governor of West Virginia from 1945 to 1949. He was the first governor of West Virginia to be born in the 20th century.
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…Fayette County 1941–1944. In the 1944 elections, he was Campaign manager for the Democratic Party and became a Presidential elector. The new governor, Clarence W. Meadows, appointed him his personal assistant, a position he held for three years, until he resigned to run for governor, January 1, 1948. He won the nomination…
Meadows from The Monticola, 1948