Summary
With West Virginia losing its governor to the U.S. Senate, officials have to go back 141 years to the last - and only- time the state's top job has become vacant.
But the seven days in 1869 that then-Senate President Daniel Farnsworth served as acting governor may not shed enough light to resolve looming questions regarding West Virginia's succession process.See the full content of this document
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Questions Follow Tomblin's Rise As Governor
Gov. Joe Manchin's win in last week's election means Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin will soon succeed him under the state constitution. A longtime Logan Country legislator, and like Manchin a Democrat, Tomblin has scheduled a news conference today at the Capitol to discuss the transition and his upcoming admi...
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