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In this state, Democrats led by William Bright proposed a bill that they assumed John Campbell would veto, making him look bad, in response to a proclamation of Black rights by Joseph M. Carey. Justice of the peace Esther Hobart Morris left this state’s ghost town of South Pass City. A transfer of land in this state orchestrated by Edmund Denby helped propel the election of its governor William Ross; after dying, Ross was succeeded by his wife Nellie, the nation’s first female governor. (10[1])“Cattle Kate” Watson helped start this state’s Johnson County War. Senator Cynthia Lumiss is from this state, (10[1])whose first territorial legislature granted women the right to vote in 1869, which is why it’s called the “Equality State.” For 10 points, name this least-populous US state whose capital is Cheyenne. ■END■

ANSWER: Wyoming [or WY] (William Ross was elected in the aftermath of the Teapot Dome scandal.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jaik HavlickArizona StateMinnesota C8310
Shardul RaoMinnesota BIowa State10010