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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 did not sign the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]],<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 27, 2021.</ref> which opposed the [[Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' that ordered the desegregation of all U.S. public schools. Reece 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 did not sign the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]],<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 27, 2021.</ref> which opposed the [[Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' that ordered the desegregation of all U.S. public schools. Reece 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 died in office on March 19, 1961 at the age of seventy-one. He was succeed by his wife Louise Goff, who won a special election held two months later.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=378466 TN District 1 - Special Election Race - May 16, 1961]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref> She did not run for re-election to a full House term in 1963 and was succeeded by James Henry "Jimmy" Quillen.<ref>[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/20216 REECE, Louise Goff]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref>

Reece died in office on March 19, 1961 at the age of seventy-one. He was succeed by his wife Louise Goff, who won a special election held two months later.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=378466 TN District 1 - Special Election Race - May 16, 1961]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref> Holding a [[fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]] tenure like her late husband did, she was a supporter of business interests and opposed big government measures. Deciding not to run for re-election to a full House term in 1963, she was succeeded by James Henry "Jimmy" Quillen.<ref>[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/20216 REECE, Louise Goff]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref>

===1948 Senate campaign===

===1948 Senate campaign===