Word: lection
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...race for the presidency Saltonstall defeated J. L. Beauchamp '28, W. N. Bump '28, and V. O. Jones '28. Bump, who ran second, was, in accordance with the rules govening the lection, made vice-president...
Senator Underwood is facing a very dubious chance of reëlection next year. Recently, he purchased an estate in Virginia, whither he expects to retire in due time. Some conjectured that he is making a last effort to rally support. Yet Senator Glass of Virginia recently advocated a 20% maximum surtax and ether Democrats, in spite of their last year's opposition to the Mellon plan, seem to be edging towards a compromise with lower surtaxes...
...official count of the ballots in Iowa disclosed that in about 900,000 votes cast, Senator Smith Wildman Brookhart won reëlection over his Democratic opponent Dan. Steck by about 750 votes. Democrats prepared to contest the election...
...State Canvassing Board in Indiana recorded the following official totals for an election to the State Supreme Court: B. M. Willoughby, Republican (running for reëlection) 601,861; George K. Denton, Democrat...
...into the primary and election campaigns and elected 170 members of the Nation's House of Representatives. These are distributed among the various parties as follows: Democrats, 105; Republicans, 63; Farmer-Labor, 1; Independent, 1; total, 170 - an increase of 120 Congressmen in one election. The reëlection of these 170 and the election of 80 more Congressmen representing the people will bring the people a safe working majority of 250 out of a total of 435 members...