Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-07
-1rranmell Florida

Democrats-Trammell, Florida, re-
elected Stephens, MISSISSIPPI, re-
elected; Wheeler Montana, reelected;
Pittnan, Nevada reelected Mcclellan,
Tennessee, reelected; Walsh, MaSsa-
chusetts, reelected: King, Utah, and
ranking minority member of the Senate
District committee, reelected; Swan
son, Virginia, reelected, and Repre-
sentative Tom Connally of Texas,
elected to succeed Senator Mayf1eld,
Democrat, Who was defeated in the
Texas primaries.
Senator Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, of
Minnesota, reelected.
The net gains OF 10 seats for the Re-
Dublicans in the House was reduced
from % by the fact that the Democrats
captured four seats now held by Re-
publicans. 1t Includes also the fifth
Wisconsin district, where former
Representative William H. Stafford is
apparently victorious over Victor Ber-
ger, sole Socialist in the present
Congress.
The Republicans captured six seats
in Kentucky from the Democrats, max
ing the ratio in that State for the new
Congress nine to two. In the third dis
trict, c. W. Roark, Republican, defeated
John w. Moore. the Democratic candi-
date; in the fourth district, j. D. Grad
dock, Republican, defeated Henry d.
Norman, Democrat; in the sixth dis
trict, j. Lincoln Newhall, Republican,
defeated Brent Spence, Democrat: in
the seventh district Robert Blackburn,
Republican, defeated Virgil Chapman,
Democrat; in the eighth district, Lewis
l.. Walker, Republican, defeated Ralph
Gilbert. Democrat; in the ninth district,
Elva r. Kendall, Republican, defeated
NJ Ing
Other G. o. p. Gains.
The other seats won by the Republi-
cans, which are now held by Democrats,
include the second Maryland district,
where Linwod L. Clark defeated William
P. Cole, jr., Democrat of TowSon; the
sixth Missouri district, where Thomas
j. Halsey, Republican, defeated c. G.
Dickinson; the fourteenth Missouri,
where Dewey j. Short defeated James
L. Fulhright; the second New York,
where Jacob A. Visel defeated William
F.. Drummer, the Democratic candidate
for the seat now occupied by Repre-
sentative Kindred, who was not candi-
date for reelection; the seventeenth
New York, where Mrs Ruth Baker
Pratt won in a contest for the scat
now occupied by William w. Cohen,
who was not a candidate; the
thlrty-elghC New YORK; Wnere James
L. Whitley won out for the seat
now occupied by Representative Jacob
stein, who was not candidate: four.
tenth Ohio, where Francis Soldering
won the seat now occupied by Rep
resentative Martin L. Davey, who was
defeated in his canpaign for governor;
the fifth Oklahoma, where u. S. Stone
won the seat occupied by Representa-
tive SWaTik; the thiTtieth Pennsylvania,
where William r. Coyle, a native
Washingtonian, formerly member of
the House, captured the seat now oc-
cupied by Representative Kent; second
Virginia, where Menalous Landlord is
shown winning the seat now occupied
by Representative Deal.
The four seats which the Demo-
Gratis have won from the Republicans
are the first Pennsylvania, where Will
liam L. Rooney defeated Representa-
tive James M. Beck by a plurality of
1874. This is the first time that
Democrat has been elected to the
House from Philadelphia since Michael
Donahue represented the fifth district
for two terms, from 1911 to 1915 In
the first Illinois district Harry Baker,
Democrat, defeated Oscar De Priest,