Table: united states house of representatives elections , 1940
[['district', 'incumbent', 'party', 'first elected', 'result', 'candidates'], ['alabama 1', 'frank w boykin', 'democratic', '1935', 're - elected', 'frank w boykin (d) unopposed'], ['alabama 2', 'george m grant', 'democratic', '1938', 're - elected', 'george m grant (d) unopposed'], ['alabama 4', 'sam hobbs', 'democratic', '1934', 're - elected', 'sam hobbs (d) 87.9% thomas g mcnaron (r) 12.1%'], ['alabama 5', 'joe starnes', 'democratic', '1934', 're - elected', 'joe starnes (d) 100.0% george bogus ( w / i ) 0.003%'], ['alabama 6', 'pete jarman', 'democratic', '1936', 're - elected', 'pete jarman (d) unopposed'], ['alabama 8', 'john sparkman', 'democratic', '1936', 're - elected', 'john sparkman (d) unopposed']]
Statement: Frank W Boykin was First Elected in 1935 which is 3 year before George M Grant from Alabama 's second District was First Elected
Statement: Sam Hobbs was Re - Elected in a race with Candidate Thomas G Mcnaron (r) 12.1% of the vote in Alabama 's fourth District
Statement: in Alabama 's eighth District John Sparkman represented the democractic Party and ran Unopposed in the 1940 us House Of Representative Election while peter Jarman also ran Unopposed in the 1940 Election
Statement: George M Grant was a part of the Democratic Party when First Elected in 1938 and he ran Unopposed in the 1940 us House Of Representative Election
Statement: Joe Starnes is from Alabama 's fifth District and Pete Jarman is from Alabama 's sixth District and both were Re - Elected in the 1940 us House Of respresentatives Election