Evening star., 1936-10-08
MANY NEW FACES
IN NEW CONGRESS
Defeats at Polls, Retire.
ments and Deaths Max
ing Inroads.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Defeats at the polls, retirements and
deaths have already made certain
that many new faces will appear In
the next Congress.
Major party nominations were COM
pleted only yesterday with the Re
publican State convention in Rhode
Island. 1t is now possible for the first
time to summarize results of the pri-
maries and conventions which have
dotted the country almost every week
since Spring.
Sixteen Democratic Senators were
renominated, one defeated-the blind
Senator Gore of Oklahoma. Nine Re-
publican incumbents were renomi-
mated, including White of Maine, al
ready reelected. The lone loser was
Senator Couzens of Michigan.
Senators Drop Out.
Six Senators did not seek renomi-
nation. But one Of these, the inde-
pendent Republican Norris Of Ne
braska. is now running independently,
with administration benediction. Sen
ator Benson OF Minnesota chose to
contest for the governorship as the
Farmer-Labor nominee. Those re-
firing voluntarily are Mrs. Huey Long
of Louisiana. Costigan of Colorado,
Coolidge of Massachusetts, and Keyes
OF New Hampshire. Senators Fletcher
and Trammell Of Florida and Muir
ply of Iowa, Democrats, died.
OF the ABS members of the House
81 will not return. Those not can
didates for denomination numbered
33, while 18 were defeated and 16
died. Exactly 80 per cent Of the
membership last session is standing
for reelection.
Undeterred by the failure Of Gov.
Brann in Maine to 60 from the State
house to the Senate in the September
election, six other State executives
! are seeking to make that grade. They
are johnson, in Colorado, Ross in
Idaho, Herring in Iowa, Curley IN
Massachusetts,, Green in Rhode Island
and Bridges in New Hampshire. AL
save Bridges are Democrats.
| Five members of the House won
senatorial nomination: Lundeen, Min
nesota, Farmer-Laborite: Christian
son. Minnesota. Republican. and Lee
of Oklahoma, Brown of Michigan and
Rogers of New Hampshire, Democrats.
Aspiring representatives who lost in
the senatorial primaries were Utter
back Of Iowa, Sandlin of Louisiana.
Monaghan of Montana and Eagle of
Texas.
Defeated Representatives.
The Representatives defeated for
denomination include four in Penn
sylvania. Richardson, Berlin, Brooks
and Moritz; three in Louisiana, Mon
tet Wilson and Sanders; two in New
York, Tonry and Duffy, and others
as follows:
Huddleston, Alabama; Hoeppel,
California; Sears. Florida; Main,
Michigan; Claiborne, Missouri; Fie-
singer, Ohio: Gassaway, Oklahoma:
Blanton, Texas, and Darden, Vir-
ginia.
With his denomination by the
Rhode Island Republicans. Senator
Metcalf took his place for the No.
vember contest alongside these party
colleagues also renominated: Hast
ings, Delaware; Borah. Idaho; Dickin-
son, Iowa; Capper, Kansas; Barbour,
New Jersey; McNary, Oregon. and
Carey, wyoming.
The Democratic Senators standing
for reelection are Bankhead, Ala
bama; Robinson. Arkansas; Russell,
Georgia; Lewis, Illinois; Logan, Ken
lucky; Harrison, Mississippi; Murray,
Montana: Bailey, North Carolina;
Byrnes, South Carolina; Bulow, South
Dakota; Bachman, Tennessee; Shep-
pard, Texas; Glass, Virginia; Nicely.
West Virginia; Hatch and Chavez,
New Mexico.