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Sketch of J. H. Atkinson, a member of the 1861 Wheeling Convention and a state senator in the first West Virginia Legislature.

61. John H. Atkinson of Hancock County, W. Va.

Sketch of Joseph W. Gallaher, member of the 1872 State Constitutional Convention, representing the Second Senatorial District of Marion, Wetzel and Marshall Counties.

62. Joseph Wesley Gallaher of Marshall County, W. Va.

Sketch of James H. Brown, delegate to the 1861 Wheeling Convention, served in the Legislature of the Restored Government of Virginia and in 1863 he was elected to the West Virginia State Supreme Court.

63. James H. Brown of Kanawha County, W. Va.

Sketch of James M. Jackson, a member of the 1872 West Virginia State Constitutional Convention and judge on the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court, 1872-1888

64. James Monroe Jackson of Wood County, W. Va.

Sketch of William Flick who served as a delegate for Pendleton County in the West Virginia State Legislature, 1868-1870. He was appointed United States District Attorney for West Virginia by President Arthur in 1882.

65. William H. H. Flick

Sketch of Colonel Daniel Johnson, a member of the 1861 Wheeling Convention, served in the Union Army and was a member of the 1872 State Constitutional Convention

66. Colonel Daniel D. Johnson of Tyler County, W. Va.

Sketch of Captain James M. Pipes, who served in the Union Army, wounded three times including amputation of an arm. He was West Virginia Secretary of State, 1868-1872 and a member of the 1872 State Constitutional Convention

67. Captain James M. Pipes of Marshall County, W. Va.

In commemoration of the flight by Jennings Randolph, member of Congress and Arthur C. Hyde, pilot, on November 6, 1943, from Morgantown, West Virginia to Washington D. C., in first U. S. airplane powered by gasoline made from coal.

68. Commerorative Flight of West Virginia Congressman Jennings Randolph and Arthur C. Hyde

Caption with photograph, "Sen. Matthew Neely (D., W. Va.)... turns thumbs down on GOP maneuvers to make MacArthur hearings here tomorrow (5/3) open. Denouncing GOP followers of MacArthur as "idol worshippers [sic]", Neely said any other soldier would have been court martial, jailed or shot for his disobedience and defiance of Mr. Truman".

69. Neely Blasts MacArthur, Washington D. C.

Surrounded by an audience, including local media such as WCHS Radio, with a large photograph of President Franklin Roosevelt hanging over his head, Rush Holt drives home his message.

70. Rush Holt Delivers Speech, Charleston, W. Va.

A car sits by  the Malden Fire Department with a sign that reads "Vote Rush Holt IN, State House Gang OUT". The photograph was most likely taken during one of Rush Holt's campaign's for state office.

71. Car With Rush Holt Campaign Sign, Malden, W. Va.

Helen Holt swearing in to new job at FHA.  Dr. Frederick Brown Harris is pictured as well, along with a Methodist Church Chaplin.

72. Helen Holt Accepting Position with Federal Housing Administration