At which federal election was Herbert Payne elected to the Senate?
1924
1918
1919
1931
Answer
Herbert Payne was elected to the Senate in 1919, when he won a special election to replace Republican Senator George W. Norris, who had resigned to become the chairman of the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys. Payne served in the Senate from 1919 to 1923.
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