Presidential Candidates:
June 20, 1863 - West Virginia was the 35th state. The western portion of Virginia did not wish to secede from the Union in 1861 and broke away to form its own state.
Vice Presidential Candidates:
Charleston
Popular Vote:
Mountain State
Electoral Vote:
Montani semper liberi.
Translation: Mountaineers Are Always Free
States Won:
Cardinal
Key Campaign Issues of the Election of 1932:
Rhododendron
Significant Outcomes:
Sugar Maple
Interesting Facts:
- Charleston
- Huntington
Inaugural Address:
- Pearl S. Buck, Author
- Thomas Stonewall Jackson, US Civil War General (in an area that would become West Virginia)
- Anna Jarvis, Helped Found Mother's Day
- Mary Lou Retton, Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist
- Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot
SHARE
