Evening star., 1938-11-12
Results Of Nearby ,
Elections Confirmed
By Official Count
Votes in Prince Georges
And Montgomery
Cunvossed

And Montgomery
Convossed
All winners in the Montgomery
and Prince Georges County elec-
tions Tuesday, as indicated by I'M
official counts, held their majorities
in the official canvass by the Board
Of Supervisors of Elections. The
canvass in Prince Georges County
was completed yesterday and will
be finished today in Montgomery
County.
The election was a sweeping vic
tory for Democratic candidates with
two exceptions in Prince Georges and
one in Montgomery County. Will
liam T. Davis. register of wills, and
Thomas E. Latimer county surveyor
both Republicans, were reelected in
Prince Georges County. while
Walter P. johnson, Gaithersburg
farmer and former Washington
baseball pitching star, won over
Commissioner Clay Plummer. Demo-
cratic incumbent, in Montgomery.
Prince Georges County returns
showed Charles C. Marbury was
elected to the State Senate seat
vacated by Lansdale G. Sasscer,
II, ,991 votes to 6,438 cast for John F..
Lillard. jr, Republican
Official returns showed that Mr..
Davis polled 9,849 votes to defeat
James B. Berry, Democrat, with
1852 votes.
Mr.. Latimer, who was unoppesed,
received 1913 votes.
McNamee Receives 1902.
In a three-Way race with Capt
Vinton D. Cockey. independent, and
William A. Duvall, the write-in Re-
publican candidate, Harry w. Nc
Nance, Democrat. received HOOP
votes to succeed r. Ernest Smith,
who could not by law succeed
himself. Capt. Cockey received
1885 votes and Mr.. Duvall 1854
H. Winship Wheatley, jr., Demo-
crat, polled 11616 votes to win the
States attorney race against George
T. D. Burroughs, Republican, who
received 1919.
William E. Clifton. chief deputy
to Sheriff j. Guy Bell, won his race
for sheriff with 1852 votes against
his Republican opponent, Andrew
F.. Gasch. who polled 1895.
Vincent A. Osterman, president
of the Board of Town Commission
ers of Bladensburg. won the Orphans
Court seat vacated by John H. Beall.
who was elected county commits
sioner. Others elected to the Board
of County Commissioners were
Harry M. Bowen, with 11,769 votes;
William A. Carson, 11136: Daniel
l.. Dyer, 1885, and Theodore
Siehler, 10,673 votes. Mr.. Beall
polled 1203l votes.
Republicans running for the Board
of Commissioners and the votes they
received were: William A. Bobb,
7l14; Edward Daniels, $500; Rob-
ert H. Duvall. 1925: Carl P. Phelps
6,632, and William C. Wedding.
6,581 votes.
House of Delegates Results.
Brice Bowie. clerk of the Circuit
Court, who vas unopposed, received
1926 complimentary votes. Judge
William M. Loker of the Circuit
Court. also unopposed, received TO-
999 votes, and Judge Joseph C. Mat
tingly polled 1857 complimentary
votes
Votes cast in the race for the
House OF Delegates showed the six
Democrats with substantial majori-
ties over their Republican opponents.
The official count showed Lansdale
G. Clagett with 1891, Robert For
rest, 10,907; Thomas E. Jones, TO-
387; Ralph w. Powers, 10,970; L.
Harold Sothoron, 10,463, and John
S. White, 11,255. Republican candi-
dates for the House and the votes
they received were, Samuel R. Acuff,
$3.50; Bird H. Dolby, 7,179; Robert
E. Ennis, 6,572; G. Bowie McCeney,
6,623; William E. Steele, 6,492, and
Hugh M. Waldrop, 6812.
The vote for judges of the Or
phans' Court, besides that received
by Mr.. OSterman, was, Philip G.
Miller, 1000, and Millard Thorne,
11,073, both Democrats. H. Malcolm
A. Blythe polled 6,679, John T.
Duever GIFTS, and Mary F. Middle
ton 7,185 votes in the Orphans
Court race. All three are Republic
ans.
The official returns in Montgomery
County gave Attorney General Her
bert R. O'Conor, who received 1889
votes, a plurality of 5,086 over Gov.
Nice, who received 9,303. Senator
Millard E. Tydings led the entire
ticket, receiving 1885 votes to
5,557 for his Republican opponent,
Judge Oscar Lesser.
Other Results.
Other results compiled at noon
today were as follows:
For representative, William D.
Byron, Democrat, 14,079; A. Charles
Stewart, Republican, 1924
For attorney general, William C.
Walsh, Democrat, 1850; Leo Vein
berg, Republican, 1901.
For controller, Millard E. Tawes,
Democrat, 14,647; William G. Jack,
Republican, 1856.
For clerk of the Court of Appeals,
James A. Young, 1929; E. Ray
Jones, Republican, 8,048.
For associate judge of the Circuit
Court of the Sixth Judicial District,
Stedman Prescott, Democrat, H.
091; Wilson L. Townsend, Republic
can, 9,251.
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