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Clerk C.A. Blankenship administers the oath to Helen Holt who succeeded her late husband Rush D. Holt as Lewis County's representative. Rush Holt died before he could take office. Their daughter, Helen Jane, Mrs. Holt's father, W.E. Froelich, and House Minority Leader Underwood look on.

1. Helen Holt Being Sworn In as Member of West Virginia House of Delegates

IDNO:: 047316
Title:: Helen Holt Being Sworn In as Member of West Virginia House of Delegates
Date:: 1955
Description:: Clerk C.A. Blankenship administers the oath to Helen Holt who succeeded her late husband Rush D. Holt as Lewis County's representative. Rush Holt died before he could take office. Their daughter, Helen Jane, Mrs. Holt's father, W.E. Froelich, and House Minority Leader Underwood look on.

2. Secretary of State Helen Holt and Governor Underwood

IDNO:: 047315
Title:: Secretary of State Helen Holt and Governor Underwood
Date:: undated

A duty of the Secretary of State (Helen Holt).

3. Helen Holt Swearing in a State Official While Governor Underwood Looks On

IDNO:: 047306
Title:: Helen Holt Swearing in a State Official While Governor Underwood Looks On
Date:: undated
Description:: A duty of the Secretary of State (Helen Holt).

Wife of West Virginia Governor Cecil H. Underwood (1957-1961 & 1997-2001)

4. First Lady of West Virginia, Hovah Hall Underwood from Grantsville, W. Va.

IDNO:: 039004
Title:: First Lady of West Virginia, Hovah Hall Underwood from Grantsville, W. Va.
Description:: Wife of West Virginia Governor Cecil H. Underwood (1957-1961 & 1997-2001)

'Inaugural Dinner Speakers, 2nd from left is Gov. Cecil Underwood.'

5. Inauguration Dinner for President Elvis Stahr, West Virginia University

IDNO:: 033245
Title:: Inauguration Dinner for President Elvis Stahr, West Virginia University
Date:: 1959
Description:: 'Inaugural Dinner Speakers, 2nd from left is Gov. Cecil Underwood.'

From left to right: Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr., Senator Chapman Revercomb, Unknown, Governor Cecil Underwood, President Dwight Eisenhower.

6. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Others

IDNO:: 032775
Title:: President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Others
Date:: 1958/10/28
Description:: From left to right: Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr., Senator Chapman Revercomb, Unknown, Governor Cecil Underwood, President Dwight Eisenhower.