Governor’s Succession Amendment

Electorate ratified the new constitution by vote of 42,344 to 37,777

The new state constitution allowed delegates in the House of Delegates to serve 2-year terms

The new state constitution increased the number of Supreme Court justices and strengthened the justices of the peace

The repayment of Virginia state debt was indirectly included in the new constitution

Congress passed the National Passenger Railroad Act, creating Amtrak

Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The West Virginia Department of Public Institutions (now Division of Corrections) leased the Anthony Correctional Center for use as a correctional center for juvenile males

Dr. Edward V. McMichael, state archeologist, left the Geological Survey

Lincoln County attracted many back-to-the-land settlers

Catholic Workers farm established in Lincoln County

Gray Barker published The Silver Bridge

The historic Berkeley Springs spa was transferred to the Department of Natural Resources

Maurice Brooks received the Order of Vandalia from WVU

Chauncey H. Browning Sr. was Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court

Cabin Creek Quilts began as a self-help quilting cooperative

Clay County population dropped to 9,330

Bernard Coffindaffer suffered from mental and physical breakdown

Legislative Improvement Amendment ratified

Dennis Harrah was an all-state center on the Stonewall Jackson High School football team

George Daugherty took the stage name "The Earl of Elkview"

Charles Haden was elected State Supreme Court Justice

Voters approved Better Highways Amendment

Arch A. Moore Jr. won reelection, becoming first governor to succeed himself under the Governor's Succession Amendment

West Virginia voted Republican in presidential elections

Jim Sprouse was elected to the state Supreme Court of Appeals