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House Losses Mount as Prohibition Referendum Drives Primaries
An official tally shows five senators denied renomination and seven representatives ousted in primaries. Key races in Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska, Texas and Virginia reflect dry vs wet tensions, with Louis C. Cramton and Thomas H. Bell among the notable defeated incumbents. The liquor question loomed but did not dominate all outcomes.
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Washington
Senate
House
Louis C. Cramton
Michigan
Georgia
Thomas H. Bell
James O’connor
New Orleans
Willis J. Sears
Nebraska
W. W. Chalmers
Ohio
Grant M. Hudson
John Franklin Miller
John C. Box
Texas
Joseph Whitehead
Virginia
J. Zach Spearing
Louisiana
Miller
Hudson
Michigan Anti-Saloon League
Chalmers
Wilbur M. White
Box
Martin Dies
Sears
Malcolm Baldridge
Whitehead
Thomas H. Burch