Cleveland Keith Benedict, better known as Cleve Benedict, is a Republican politician in West Virginia. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... State nickname: Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Governor Joe Manchin (D) Official languages English Area 62,809 km² (41st)  - Land 62,436 km²  - Water 376 km² (0. ...

He was born on March 21, 1935 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was educated in private schools and then graduated from Princeton University in 1959. He later attended a school for cattlemen in Kansas and settled near Lewisburg, West Virginia. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dowtown Harrisburg and the Susquehanna River Pennsylvania State Capitol Building Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania, a state of the United States of America. ... For other Princetons, see Princeton. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... State nickname: The Sunflower State Other U.S. States Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) Official languages None Area 82,277 mi²; 213,096 km² (15th)  - Land 81,815 mi²; 211,900 km²  - Water 462 mi²; 1,196 km² (0. ... Lewisburg is a city located in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. ...

He held several appointed positions in the Republican state administration of Arch Moore from 1969 to 1977. He was then a candidate for the United States Congress in the state's Second Congressional District in 1980. The incumbent congressman had retired and the Democratic Party had gone through a bruising 10-way primary election. It also faced the burden of the extremely unpopular federal administration of Jimmy Carter and state administration of Jay Rockefeller, both of whom carried the state, but lost the 2nd District by large margins. Benedict was elected to Congress. Arch Alfred Moore, Jr. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... A congress is a gathering of people, especially a gathering for a political purpose. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... John D. Jay Rockefeller IV John Davison Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a member of the prominent United States Rockefeller family who has served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia since 1985. ...

In 1982 he decided, with the urging of Howard Baker to not run for re-election, but to rather take on Robert Byrd in the statewide race for the United States Senate. He was not successful, although his campaign made great note of Byrd's record of high office in the Ku Klux Klan, his avoidance of service in World War II and the fact that Byrd, then alone among members of Congress, owned no home in the state he represented. Benedict's campaign represented, as of 2005, the last serious and well funded effort to unseat Byrd. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Howard Baker, Jr. ... Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is a West Virginia Democrat serving in the United States Senate. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest, most expensive, and most significant war in... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

He was then appointed to an undersecretaryship in the United States Department of Energy. In 1988 he ran for statewide election at Commissioner of Agriculture, winning by a large margin. In 1992 he chose not to run for re-election, but ran for Governor, where he was defeated by a large margin in a three way race. He actually finished behind the write-in third candidate. The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A governor is also a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ...

Since then he has retired to his cattle farm and has rejected talk of further political office.

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