Word: granfield
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...weight of service carried him to the Speakership, whence he went to the Senate. Last December its Congressman William Kirk Kaynor was killed in an airplane accident (TIME, Dec. 30). Last week it held a by-election to choose his successor. Candidates: Republican Frederick David Griggs; Democratic William Joseph Granfield...
...Griggs, long a docile Dry, switched to Wetness just before the election, said that though he believed in Prohibition, he would vote to repeal the 18th Amendment if his district so desired. Obvious to all was his straddle. Mr. Granfield was 100% Wet. Republican Senator Gillett asked voters to elect Candidate Griggs as an endorsement of President Hoover. Democratic Senator Walsh asked them to elect Candidate Granfield as a repudiation of President Hoover's do-nothing policy on unemployment and industrial depression...
Result: Democrat Granfield, 31,170 votes; Republican Griggs, 23,749 votes...