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==U.S. House of Representatives==
==U.S. House of Representatives==
An adamant [[conservative]], Reece opposed the [[New Deal]] during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[liberal]] initiatives such as a federal wage and price controls.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia>[https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/brazilla-carroll-reece/ Brazilla Carroll Reece]. ''Tennessee Encyclopedia''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> He was also an [[isolationist]] prior to [[World War II]].
An adamant [[conservative]], Reece opposed the [[New Deal]] during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[liberal]] initiatives such as a federal wage and price controls.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia>[https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/brazilla-carroll-reece/ Brazilla Carroll Reece]. ''Tennessee Encyclopedia''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> He was also an [[isolationist]] prior to [[World War II]].
He supported the strongly [[conservative]] [[Robert A. Taft]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952 presidential election]], who ultimately lost in the Republican primaries to the more moderate [[Dwight Eisenhower]].
Reece held a pro-[[civil rights]] record, supporting an end to the [[poll tax]] and voting in favor of the 1937 anti-lynching bill.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> He also voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act]]s of [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|1957]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42 HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> and 1960.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h106 HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL BY THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE'S AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref>
Reece held a pro-[[civil rights]] record, supporting an end to the [[poll tax]] and voting in favor of the 1937 anti-lynching bill.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> He also voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act]]s of [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|1957]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42 HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> and 1960.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h106 HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL BY THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE'S AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref>