Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-07
Democrats Keep Big
Senate Lead Despite
Republican Gains
COP, With 70, Will Have
Most Members Since 1884;
Majority Party to Have Sc


they now hold, but is far below
the Democratic total of Sc.
Party voting which cut through
the Roosevelt majorities in Ohio
and Illinois and paced the Willkie
strength in Nebraska and Indiana
gave the Republicans four seats pre-
viouSly held by Democrats. The
only offset to this was the Repub-
licans' loss of a seat in Delaware.
In Minnesota, Senator Shipstead,
who had held Office as a Farmer
Laborite, was reelected as a Re-
publican.
In the lone race which was I'M
decided until today out of Tuesdays
IS contests, former Gov. LANCER of
North Dakota won for the Reput
licans the seat of Senator Frazier,
whom he defeated in the primary.
How New Senate Is Divided.
. When Vice President Garner-or
a substitute-pounds the gavel at
the first meeting of the Seventy
seventh Congress January 8. there
will be more members on the Re-
publican side of the aisle than at
any time since the Seventy-third
Congress, in which SO served, quit
June Is, 1894.
Henry Agard Wallace, 52-year-old
former Secretary of Agriculture,
will, as the new Vice President, be-
come presiding officer January 20
of a Senate which will be composed
of Sc Democrats, % Republicans, l
Progressive and Independent. The
present Senate includes SO Demo-
Gratis, "a Republicans, Progressive, l
Independent and l Farmer Laborite
Some Senators said that Mr..
Wallace might begin his career in
the legislative field in the absence
of his predecessor. They thought
that Cactus Jack" Garner might
not come out of retirement at his
Uvalde, Tex, home to participate
in the ceremony of handing over the
gavel to the new Vice President.
OF Is new Senators, seven would
be Republican and six Democratic.
Here Are New Republicans.
Republicans who will take the
oath for the first time include:
Raymond E. Willis, publisher, who
defeated Senator Sherman Minton,
Indiana Democrat and majority
whip of the Senate, in a close race.
c. Wayland Brooks, Illinois law
yer, who unSeated Senator James
M. Slattery, Democrat.
Hugh A. Butler. Nebraskan, who
won over Gov. Robert Cochran,
Democratic primary victor over
Senator Edward R. Burke.
Harold Hitz Burton, reform"
Mayor of Cleveland, who proved
his vote-getting ability by capturing
the seat voluntarily vacated by Sen
ator ''Vic" Donahey, Democrat,
despite an Ohio sweep for Roose-
welt.
Gov. George D. Aiken of Vermont.
who won the seat vacated by the
death of Snator Ernest Gibson, Re
publican, and filled temporarily by
Mr.. Gibson's son.
Representative Ralph o. Brewster,
who won the Maine contest in Sep
TENDER to fill he vacancy creatd
by the voluntary retirement of SEN
ator Frederick Hale.
Mr.. LANCER, former North Dakota
Governor, loser in an attempt two
years ago to unSeat Senator Gerald
P. Nye.
Willis, Brooks, Butler and Burton
furnished four Republican upsets
by winning Democratic seats.
First Term Democrats Listed.
Democrats who will take the oath
for the first time include:
James Miller Tunnel, Delaware
lawyer and banker, who rode along
with the Roosevelt majority to cap
ture the only seat taken away from
the Republicans, that of Senator
John G. Townsend, jr.
Ernst w. Mcfarland, Arizona Su-
perior Court judge, who defeated
veteran Senator Henry Fountain
AShurSt in the Democratic primary
and won easily over his Republican
opponent.
Representative Abe Murdoch of
Utah, victor over Senator William
H. King in the Democratic primary
and over his Republican opponent
Representative M. C. Wallgren,
who won the seat to be vacated by
Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach.
Democrat appointed to
a Federal District judgeship.
Harley M. Kilgore, Criminal Court
judge, who will succeed Senator
Rush D. Holt, previously defeated
in the West Virginia Democratic
primary.
Nicely to Make Appointment.
The sixth new Democratic member
will be appointed later by Senator
Matthew M. Nicely, when Mr.. Nicely
takes over his newly-won post as
Governor of West Virginia and re-
linquishes his Senate seat.
Senators who were reelected
Tuesday included the following Re-
Austin of Vermont,
Johnson of California, Barbour of
New Jersey, Thomas of Idaho. VAN
denberg of Michigan and Shipstead.
Senator Thomas is completing the
term of the late Senator Borah.
whose place he has been filling by
Democrats reelected were: An
drews of Florida, Bilbo of Mississippi,
Connally of Texas. Byrd of Virginia,
Mcclellan of Tennessee, Mead of
New York, Guffey of Pennsylvania,
Gerry of Rhode Island, Maloney of
Connecticut, Walsh of Massachu-
sets, Radcliffe of Maryland, O'Ma-
honey of wyoming, Wheeler of Mon
tana, Chavez of New Mexico, Pitt
man of Nevada, Truman of Missouri,
and Chandler of Kentucky, elected
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