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Word: novemberâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...Seat. Of prime political importance last week was a House successor to Longworth from the Cincinnati district. If a Democrat is elected?and one came within 3,000 votes of it last November??? the next House would be tied at 217, with one Farmer-Laborite. Immediately the Press began to nominate Mrs. Longworth for the place. The daughter of a President, she is smart, politically-minded. Her election would maintain the House's "widow tradition."* But her brother Archie scouted the notion that she would ever accept political office. Besides, most Cincinnati Republicans consider her something of an outsider; they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Death of a Speaker | 4/20/1931 | See Source »

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