Evening star., 1960-11-09
Democrats Hold House
268-16o; Undecided

'OllOSCIUeO
first Democrat ever elected to
the House from that State, ana
Harmon Of Indiana. MIR. Har-
mon gained fame mainly be-.
cause Of disclosures last year /.
that he used his Muncie homes
front porch as an Office for,
which he collected congressional
expenses.
Symington Manager Out q
Among the Democratic MEM
bers who lost yesterday were
Representative Quigley, who
has represented President.
Eisenhower's home district in
Pennsylvania: Representative
Brown Of Missouri, who was
Senator Symington's campaign
manager in the Democratic
presidential nomination race, ,
and Representative Oliver, a {;
member from Maine for four :
terms.
Besides Mr.. Bulge, the most
notable G. o. P. House victim
Of the Democrats was Repre-
sentative Wainwright of New
York. For four terms he has
represented q traditionally Re-
publican district on Long Island.
Other Republican-held dis
tricts captured by Democrats
were in Long Island, where
G. o. P. Representative Bosch !.
did not seek reelection: in
Brooklyn. where Representative
Dorm last to Hugh L. Carey,
Democrat-Liberal, and the New
Jersey seat vacated by Repre-
sentative Canfield.
A Democrat, Mrs. Julia B.
Hansen, won the Washington +.
district vacant since the death
of Republican Representative :
Mack. -,
The approximately 26S mem -
bers the Democrats expect to
have In the next Congress
would be their largest number
since the 333 of the 18th Con- !
gress in 1935-1937. except for
the 2s3 in the current Congress.
In l941-43 they also had 267,
and the Republicans 1862. y
Their numerical majority,
despite being whitfield down
from 129 in the present Con-
gress, would be the second
widest since the los in 1941.
1943. t!tA
Speaker Rayburn of Texas,
Leader Mccormack
Of Massachusetts, and Minority
Leader Halleck of Indiana won ~
Nv.
Representative Martin OF .
Speaker and
Republican floor leader until e
busted by Mr.. Halleck tive
years ago, had a close cali in =
mis- Southeast Massachusetts,
district. The 76-year-old Mr. >
Martin has served in the House
since March 4, 1925. His tenure
Is exceeded only by that of Mn. y.
Rayburn and Representatives ;
Of Georgia, Cannon Of
and Celler of New
York, Democrats. and Taber, >
Republican Of New York, all /
OF whom were reelected. aas 7t
Republicans fell short of re-
capturing their loss of all the, :.
districts in Connecticut two
years ago. They regained two,
including the district repre-
sented by Democratic Repre- /,
sentative Bowles, who devoted
his energies to helping the
Kennedy campaign this year
instead of seeking reelection.
Former Representative Seely-
Brown. Republican, won back
that district. ..
Representative Kowalski,.y
Democrat, a former Army colo,
mel who gained House prom.
nence by investigating COM
plants that military officers
Used enlisted men as personal
defeated former G. o. .
P. Representative Sadlak in his =
comeback attempt. "
New York Democratic
Democratic congressional
gains in New York gave that
State its first Democratic
majority delegation in 10 years.
The delegation will have az
Democrats and 81 Republicans,
Is compared with 10 Democrats
and "a Republicans in the pres
ent House.
Observers had their eyes on
The Texas congressional situa-
tion as well as the overall
trend. The outcome
showed the same House dele
cation lineup, 81 Democrats
md one Republican. '' :
The Lone Star States lone
Republican is Representative
Alger. who stood out by wav-
ing q placard in the unruly
demonstration against Senator
Johnson in Dallas, Friday. He
vas reelected for a fourth
;erm. Texas Democrats say
hey are especially determined
20 defeat him in 1862.
One Of the more colorful cas-
lalties in House election battles
yesterday was former Republic
IAN Senator George Molly
Malone of Nevada. He was
.efeated by Representative Bar
ng, Democrat, in q try for that
states at-large district.
Another who played a los
ng role yesterday was Gore
7idal. New York playwright.
Who unsuccessfully attempted
o defeat Republican Represen-
ative Wharton.
5 Come Back 4.
OF 18 former House men,
ers who tried comebacks. only.
We succeeded.
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