Table:
text: United States House of Representatives elections, 1946
Kentucky
Kentucky
District Incumbent Party First_elected Result_ Candidates
Kentucky 4 Frank Chelf Democratic 1944 Re-elected Frank Chelf (D) 53.1% Don Victor Drye (R) 46.9%
Kentucky 5 Brent Spence Democratic 1930 Re-elected Brent Spence (D) 51.2% Marion W. Moore (R) 48.8%
Kentucky 6 Virgil Chapman Democratic 1930 Re-elected Virgil Chapman (D) 55.0% W. D. Rogers (R) 45.0%
Kentucky 7 Andrew J. May Democratic 1930 Lost re-election Republican gain W. Howes Meade (R) 59.3% Andrew J. May (D) 40.7%
Kentucky 8 Joe B. Bates Democratic 1930 Re-elected Joe B. Bates (D) 52.6% Ray Schmauch (R) 47.4%

Question: In what year was incumbent Joe B. Bates first elected to the United States House of Representatives in the Kentucky election of 1946?

Question: What party did incumbent Virgil Chapman belong to in the 1946 Kentucky United States House of Representatives election?