The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-11-17
CURIOUS FACTS DEVELOP
IN SENATORIAL CHANCES
Analvsis of Election Results as Al
fecting Upper House OF Congress
Reveals Queer Combinations OF
Numbers.
A. s Salley Jr., in The State.

A. S. Salley, Jr., in The State.
The senate of the United States is
composed Of 96 members. Thirty-two
of these are elected at the general
election every two years. The result
of the election this year discloses
some curious combinations Of figures.
OF the 80 senators elected for full
terms of six years each of the parties
has elected Is. The Democrats have
reelected nine senators and elected
seven news ones. The Republicans
have reelected seven senators and
elected nine new ones.
! The Democrats have elected hVe
senators to seats now held by Re
plrblicans and the Republicans have
elected six senators to seats now held
by Democrats.
The Democrats reelected are:
Swanson of Virginia, Williams OF Mis-
sissippi. Culberson of Texas, Reed OF
Missouri, Pomerene of Ohio, Hitch
cock of Nebraska, Myers of Montana,
Pittman of Nevada and Ashurst OF
Arizona. McKellar of Tennessee and
Trammell Of Florida are new Demo
Gratis who replace Democrats. Tne
Democrats who replace Republicans
are: Guerry, who succeeds Llppltt
from Rhode Island; Wolcott, who sue
ceeds DUPONT from Delaware; King
who succeeds Sutherland from Utah;
Jones, who succeeds Catron from New
Mexico. and Kendrick, who succeeds
Clark from wyoming. Senator CLARK
entered the senate January %, lS9o'
and has been there nearly % years.
ONLY two senators have been longer
in the senate: Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire and Lodge Of Massachusetts.
The Republicans reelected are:
Page of Vermont, Mclean Of Connec-
ticut, Lodge. of Massachrs etts, La
Toilette OF Wisconsin, Townsend OF
Michigan, McCumber of North Da-
kota and Poindexter of Washington.
Knox of Pennsylvania, Kellogg of Min
nesota and Johnson of California are
new Republicans who replace Repuo-
licans. The Republicans who replace
Democrats are: Hale, who succeeds
Johnson from Maine; Calder, who sue
ceeds OGorman from New YORK; Ere
1inguvsen, who succeeds Martlne
from New Jersey; France, who sue
ceeds Lee from Maryland; Sutherland,
who succeeds Chiffon from West Wlr-
o;nia and New, who succeeds Kern
from Indiana.
There are two Johnsons now in the
senate: one from Maine and the other
from South Dakota. Senator Johnson
of Maine will go out and Johnson
from California will come in.
Senator Sutherland Of Utah will
lose his seat the 4th of next Marcn,
hnt there will be new Sutherland
from West Virginia.
By the recent death OF senator
Clark of Arkansas and the de1eat OF
Senator Clark of wyoming the Clark
family will have no representatives on
the floor of the senate after the 4th
of March
Rv the election of Senator Jones
from New Mexico the Jones famly
will now have two representatives on
the floor of the senate, Senator Jones
of Washington being the other. The
Smith family continues to hold the
greatest number of seats of any one
name having Smith of South Caro-
lima Smith of Georgia, Smith OF Arf-
zona. Smith of Maryland, Democrats
and Smith of Michigan, Republican.
| other long termers, behides Senator
c1orl, who 90 out next March are:
IClapp of Minnesota, with over 10
years service; Sutherland of Utah
with nearly 12 years; Dupont OF Deia-
ware, with nearly II years, and OllVer
of Pennsylvania, with two weeks
short of eight years.