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Ken Hechler, the Glossary

Kenneth William Hechler (September 20, 1914 – December 10, 2016) was an American politician.^[1]

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Activists from West Virginia
Anti-mining activists
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia
Marshall University faculty
Secretaries of State of West Virginia
United States Army historians

A. James Manchin

Antonio James Manchin (April 7, 1927 – November 3, 2003) was a West Virginia Democratic politician who served as a member of the House of Delegates (1948–50; 1998–2003), as Secretary of State (1977–85), and as State Treasurer (1985–89). Ken Hechler and a. James Manchin are 20th-century West Virginia politicians, 21st-century West Virginia politicians and Secretaries of State of West Virginia.

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Adlai Stevenson II

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965.

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Arch A. Moore Jr.

Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia. Ken Hechler and Arch A. Moore Jr. are 20th-century West Virginia politicians.

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Barnard College

Barnard College, officially titled as Barnard College, Columbia University, is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Battle of Remagen

The Battle of Remagen was an 18-day battle during the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II.

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Beckley, West Virginia

Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

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Betty Ireland

Betty Ireland (born 1946) was the 28th Secretary of State of West Virginia from 2005 to 2009, as the first woman elected to the executive branch of West Virginia state government. Ken Hechler and Betty Ireland are 21st-century West Virginia politicians and Secretaries of State of West Virginia.

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Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, commonly known as the McCain–Feingold Act or BCRA, is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which regulates the financing of political campaigns.

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Bluefield, West Virginia

Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States.

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Bob Wise

Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. (born January 6, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 33rd Governor of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. Ken Hechler and Bob Wise are 20th-century West Virginia politicians, 21st-century West Virginia politicians and Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia.

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Bronze Star Medal

The Bronze Star Medal (BSM) is a United States Armed Forces decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.

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C-SPAN

Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service.

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Cecil H. Underwood

Cecil Harland Underwood (November 5, 1922 – November 24, 2008) was an American Republican Party politician from West Virginia, known for the length of his career. Ken Hechler and Cecil H. Underwood are 20th-century West Virginia politicians and 21st-century West Virginia politicians.

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Charleston Daily Mail

The Charleston Daily Mail was a newspaper based in Charleston, West Virginia.

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Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the county seat of Kanawha County.

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Charlotte Pritt

Charlotte Jean Pritt (born January 2, 1949) is an American educator, businesswoman, and politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Civil Rights Act of 1960

The Civil Rights Act of 1960 is a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.

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Civil Rights Act of 1968

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the King assassination riots.

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Coal dust

Coal dust is a fine-powdered form of coal which is created by the crushing, grinding, or pulverization of coal rock.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Doris Haddock

Doris "Granny D" Haddock (born Ethel Doris Rollins; January 24, 1910 – March 9, 2010) was an American political activist from New Hampshire.

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Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969

The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, U.S. Public Law 91-173, generally referred to as the Coal Act, was passed by the 91st United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon on December 30, 1969.

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Gaston Caperton

William Gaston Caperton III (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician who served as the 31st Governor of West Virginia from 1989 to 1997. Ken Hechler and Gaston Caperton are 20th-century West Virginia politicians.

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GovTrack

GovTrack.us is a website developed by then-student Joshua Tauberer.

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Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.

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Hermann Göring

Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering;; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal.

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Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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James Kee

James Kee (April 15, 1917 – March 11, 1989) was an American politician. Ken Hechler and James Kee are 20th-century West Virginia politicians and Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia.

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Joe Manchin

Joseph Manchin III (born August 24, 1947) is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia, a seat he has held since 2010. Ken Hechler and Joe Manchin are 20th-century West Virginia politicians, 21st-century West Virginia politicians and Secretaries of State of West Virginia.

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John S. Wold

John Schiller Wold (August 31, 1916 – February 19, 2017) was an American business executive, philanthropist, World War II veteran, and Republican politician from Wyoming. Ken Hechler and John S. Wold are American men centenarians.

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List of governors of West Virginia

The governor of West Virginia is the head of government of West VirginiaWV Constitution article VII, § 5.

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List of United States representatives from West Virginia

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia.

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Ludendorff Bridge

The Ludendorff Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Bridge at Remagen) was a bridge across the river Rhine in Germany which was captured by United States Army forces in early March 1945 during the Battle of Remagen, in the closing weeks of World War II, when it was one of the few remaining bridges in the region and therefore a critical strategic point.

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Major (United States)

In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, major is a field officer above the rank of captain and below the rank of lieutenant colonel.

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Marshall University

Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

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Mingo County, West Virginia

Mingo County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Mountain Party

The Mountain Party is a political party in West Virginia, affiliated with the Green Party of the United States.

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Mountaintop removal mining

Mountaintop removal mining (MTR), also known as mountaintop mining (MTM), is a form of surface mining at the summit or summit ridge of a mountain.

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Nick Rahall

Nicholas Joseph Rahall II (born May 20, 1949) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 2015. Ken Hechler and Nick Rahall are 20th-century West Virginia politicians, 21st-century West Virginia politicians and Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia.

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Nuremberg trials

The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries across Europe and atrocities against their citizens in World War II.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River is a river in the United States.

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Perkins Bass

Perkins Bass (October 6, 1912 – October 25, 2011) was an American elected official from the state of New Hampshire, including four terms as a U.S. representative from 1955 to 1963.

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Politico

Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Rhine

--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.

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Robert Byrd

Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. Ken Hechler and Robert Byrd are 20th-century West Virginia politicians, 21st-century West Virginia politicians, Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia and Writers from West Virginia.

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Romney, West Virginia

Romney is a town in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.

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Roslyn, New York

Roslyn is a village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

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Secretary of State of West Virginia

The secretary of state of West Virginia is an elected office within the U.S. state of West Virginia state government. Ken Hechler and secretary of State of West Virginia are Secretaries of State of West Virginia.

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Selma to Montgomery marches

The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.

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Slanesville, West Virginia

Slanesville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Stroke

Stroke (also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or brain attack) is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death.

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Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

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The Bridge at Remagen

The Bridge at Remagen is a 1969 DeLuxe Color war film in Panavision starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara, and Robert Vaughn.

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The Journal (West Virginia newspaper)

The Journal is a daily newspaper based in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and serving Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties in the state's Eastern Panhandle.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States congressional delegations from West Virginia

These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

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University of Charleston

The University of Charleston (UC) is a private university with its main campus in Charleston, West Virginia.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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West Virginia & Regional History Center

The West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC), is the largest archival collection housing documents and manuscripts involving West Virginia and the surrounding central Appalachian region.

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West Virginia State University

West Virginia State University (WVSU) is a public historically black, land-grant university in Institute, West Virginia. Founded in 1891 as the West Virginia Colored Institute, it is one of the original 19 land-grant colleges and universities established by the second Morrill Act of 1890, which evolved as a diverse and inclusive campus.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hechler

Also known as Ken Heckler, Kenneth Hechler, Kenneth W. Hechler, Kenneth William Hechler.

, Romney, West Virginia, Roslyn, New York, Secretary of State of West Virginia, Selma to Montgomery marches, Slanesville, West Virginia, Stroke, Swarthmore College, The Bridge at Remagen, The Journal (West Virginia newspaper), The Washington Post, United States Army, United States Congress, United States congressional delegations from West Virginia, United States House of Representatives, University of Charleston, Voting Rights Act of 1965, West Virginia, West Virginia & Regional History Center, West Virginia State University, West Virginia University, West Virginia's 4th congressional district, White House, Will E. Neal, World War II, Write-in candidate, 1970 United States census, 2010 United States Senate special election in West Virginia, 9th Armored Division (United States).

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See also

Activists from West Virginia

Anti-mining activists

Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia

Marshall University faculty

Secretaries of State of West Virginia

United States Army historians

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