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Line 37: + + − [[File:Russell and George.png|thumb|left|210px|George (right) with [[Richard Russell, Jr.]] (left).]] − [[File:Southern Democrat filibuster of anti-lynching legislation.png|thumb|left|280px|Segregationist senators Tom Connally, Walter F. George, [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], and [[Claude Pepper]] filibustering an anti-lynching bill in January 1938; at the time the picture was taken by Harris & Ewing, the blockade had already persisted for nearly three weeks.]]
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==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
[[File:Russell and George.png|thumb|left|210px|George (right) with [[Richard Russell, Jr.]] (left).]]
[[File:Southern Democrat filibuster of anti-lynching legislation.png|thumb|left|280px|Segregationist senators Tom Connally, Walter F. George, [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], and [[Claude Pepper]] filibustering an anti-lynching bill in January 1938; at the time the picture was taken by Harris & Ewing, the blockade had already persisted for nearly three weeks.]]
George supported most of the domestic and foreign policies of [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], voting for most [[New Deal]] policies up until 1937.<ref name="New Deal">[https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/new-deal New Deal]. ''New Georgia Encyclopedia''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> Exceptions to this support was his neutrality in the 1932 Democratic nomination contest and five years later his strong opposition to FDR's "[[court packing]]" plan. In 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] appointed a commission to "study" a renewal of Roosevelt's "court packing" plan, which would have allowed up to fifteen justices if each member over the age of seventy did not then retire from the bench.<ref>Luther Harmon Zeigler, "Senator Walter George's 1938 Campaign," ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly'' (Vol. 43; issue 4), pp.333-352.</ref>
George supported most of the domestic and foreign policies of [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], voting for most [[New Deal]] policies up until 1937.<ref name="New Deal">[https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/new-deal New Deal]. ''New Georgia Encyclopedia''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> Exceptions to this support was his neutrality in the 1932 Democratic nomination contest and five years later his strong opposition to FDR's "[[court packing]]" plan. In 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] appointed a commission to "study" a renewal of Roosevelt's "court packing" plan, which would have allowed up to fifteen justices if each member over the age of seventy did not then retire from the bench.<ref>Luther Harmon Zeigler, "Senator Walter George's 1938 Campaign," ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly'' (Vol. 43; issue 4), pp.333-352.</ref>
George opposed anti-lynching legislation, joining Southern senators [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], Tom Connally, and [[Claude Pepper]] in filibustering such in 1937.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/2016872930/ Filibuster against anti-lynching bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Members of the bloc of Southern Senators who have been filibusting against the anti-lynching bill for the last 20 days and are still going strong, left to right: Senator Tom Connaly, of Texas, Sen. Walter F. George, of Ga.; Sen. Richard Russell of Ga.; and Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida, 1/27/38]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>
George opposed anti-lynching legislation, joining Southern senators [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], Tom Connally, and [[Claude Pepper]] in filibustering such in 1937.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/2016872930/ Filibuster against anti-lynching bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Members of the bloc of Southern Senators who have been filibusting against the anti-lynching bill for the last 20 days and are still going strong, left to right: Senator Tom Connaly, of Texas, Sen. Walter F. George, of Ga.; Sen. Richard Russell of Ga.; and Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida, 1/27/38]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>