sentences:  Leavitt ran for re-election in 1932, but was defeated by Roy E. Ayers in a Democratic landslide year that saw Republicans lose over a hundred seats in the United States House of Representatives.From the 69th United States Congress to the 71st United States Congress, Leavitt served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs.Following his defeat for re-election, Leavitt ran for the United States Senate in a 1934 special election to fill the seat of Thomas J. Walsh, who died in office.