[["Unhappy with Virginia\u2019s decision to join the Confederate uprising, the western half of the state seceded from the state of Virginia in 1863 to remain in the Northern Union and become the state of West Virginia. The president at the time was President Abraham Lincoln.", 141.0], ["West Virginia succeeded from Virginia in 1863 due to tax funding and cultural differences likely caused by geographical factors. The state first attempted to apply as an US state as a slave state but was denied and reapplied as a non slave state then accepted.  ", 5.0]]
who founded west virginia
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