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November 5, 1912 · West Virginia context
West Virginia voters ratified a constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor. The successful vote followed decades of temperance organizing and set statewide prohibition to begin on July 1, 1914.
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West Virginia Legislature, Constitution of West Virginia, amendment history
Visit source ↗ (code.wvlegislature.gov)July 1, 1914 · West Virginia context
West Virginia's constitutional prohibition amendment took effect, making the state dry nearly six years before national Prohibition. This state law provides the immediate legal background for Preston County liquor prosecutions, illicit distilling, shipments, raids, and newspaper reports from 1914 onward.
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West Virginia Legislature, Constitution of West Virginia, Article VI, Section 46 editor's note
Visit source ↗ (code.wvlegislature.gov)November 1924 · Terra Alta / Marshall County
Harriet B. Jones, who had grown up in Terra Alta, was elected as a Republican to represent Marshall County in the West Virginia House of Delegates. She was one of two women elected to the House that November and later won reelection to a second term.
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West Virginia Legislature, Chronology of Women in the West Virginia Legislature (revised April 2025), pp. 3 and 43
Visit source ↗ (wvlegislature.gov)1934 · West Virginia context
West Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment ending the state's separate prohibition mandate. The vote completed the legal transition begun by national repeal and allowed the state to replace absolute prohibition with a regulated system of alcohol control.
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West Virginia Legislature, Constitution of West Virginia, amendment history
Visit source ↗ (code.wvlegislature.gov)November 3, 1964 · Preston County
Preston County voters gave Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson 6,264 votes, or 60.94 percent, to Republican Barry Goldwater’s 4,015 votes. The result was a striking departure from the county’s longstanding Republican preference in presidential elections.
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West Virginia Blue Book, 1965, p. 779
Visit source ↗ (wvlegislature.gov)1965 · Hopemont / Terra Alta
The West Virginia Legislature passed House Bill 994 on March 10, 1965, discontinuing Hopemont’s exclusively tuberculosis-focused sanitarium and establishing Hopemont State Hospital for chronically ill, aged, and infirm residents. The law took effect 90 days after passage and directed that Hopemont’s tuberculosis patients be transferred to Pinecrest Sanitarium by July 1, 1968.
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West Virginia Legislature, Enrolled House Bill 994, 1965, pp. 1–3
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