Governor William C. Marland

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Alabama
gptkb:West_Virginia_University_College_of_Law
gptkbp:birthDate March 26, 1918
gptkbp:birthPlace Johnston City, Illinois, United States
gptkbp:deathDate November 26, 1965
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Barrington,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName William Casey Marland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Governor William C. Marland
gptkbp:notableFor struggles with alcoholism
advocacy for coal severance tax
efforts to improve education in West Virginia
publicly working as a taxi driver after governorship
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:order 24th Governor of West Virginia
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Governor_of_West_Virginia
gptkbp:predecessor Okey L. Patteson
gptkbp:spouse Valeria Marland
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Cecil_H._Underwood
gptkbp:termEnd 1957
gptkbp:termStart 1953
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Laird_III
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7