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Line 95: − − ===1948 Senate campaign=== − Reece ran for Senate in 1948 to succeed retiring Democrat Tom Stewart, facing future vice presidential nominee [[Estes Kefauver]]. He lost the general election in a landslide to Kefauver, mainly carrying counties in the eastern portion of the state.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89838 TN US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref>
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{{quotebox-float|Reece never forgot why he had lost to Oscar B. Lovette in 1930; following his return to the House of Representatives, Carroll Reece became a supporter of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Reece frequently voted against the majority of his fellow Republicans, many of whom disliked the very notion of the TVA, to support the Tennessee Valley Authority. When asked why he didn’t go along with his party, Carroll Reece candidly replied no politician in Tennessee could survive politically by opposing the TVA. Reece had fought the bill sponsored by Senator [[George W. Norris]] of Nebraska, while Second District Congressman [[J. Will Taylor]] had supported it. Reece had lost his seat in Congress because of his opposition while the controversial Taylor had continued to hang on to his seat.}}
{{quotebox-float|Reece never forgot why he had lost to Oscar B. Lovette in 1930; following his return to the House of Representatives, Carroll Reece became a supporter of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Reece frequently voted against the majority of his fellow Republicans, many of whom disliked the very notion of the TVA, to support the Tennessee Valley Authority. When asked why he didn’t go along with his party, Carroll Reece candidly replied no politician in Tennessee could survive politically by opposing the TVA. Reece had fought the bill sponsored by Senator [[George W. Norris]] of Nebraska, while Second District Congressman [[J. Will Taylor]] had supported it. Reece had lost his seat in Congress because of his opposition while the controversial Taylor had continued to hang on to his seat.}}
====Party leadership, conservatism====
====Conservatism====
An adamant [[conservative]], Reece opposed the [[New Deal]] (with the exception of the [[TVA]], as mentioned above) during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[liberal]] initiatives such as a federal wage and price controls.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> He was also an [[isolationist]] prior to [[World War II]]. Reece succeeded [[Herbert Brownell]] as the chair of the [[RNC]] in the mid-1940s and presided over [[GOP]] victories in the [[1946 Midterm Elections|1946 midterms]].
An adamant [[conservative]], Reece opposed the [[New Deal]] (with the exception of the [[TVA]], as mentioned above) during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[liberal]] initiatives such as a federal wage and price controls.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> He was also an [[isolationist]] prior to [[World War II]]. Reece succeeded [[Herbert Brownell]] as the chair of the [[RNC]] in the mid-1940s and presided over [[GOP]] victories in the [[1946 Midterm Elections|1946 midterms]].
===1948 Senate campaign===
Reece ran for Senate in 1948 to succeed retiring Democrat Tom Stewart, facing future vice presidential nominee [[Estes Kefauver]]. He lost the general election in a landslide to Kefauver, mainly carrying counties in the eastern portion of the state.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89838 TN US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref>
===Return to the House===
He supported the strongly [[conservative]], isolationist [[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]], an [[internationalist]].
He supported the strongly [[conservative]], isolationist [[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]], an [[internationalist]].
Reece died in office on March 19, 1961 at the age of seventy-one. He was succeed by his wife [[Louise Goff Reece]], 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 excessive government initiatives.<ref>[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/20216 REECE, Louise Goff]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref> Deciding not to run for re-election to a full House term in 1963, she was succeeded by James Henry "Jimmy" Quillen, who was similar to Carroll Reece in the sense that he was not an orator.<ref name=part1/>
Reece died in office on March 19, 1961 at the age of seventy-one. He was succeed by his wife [[Louise Goff Reece]], 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 excessive government initiatives.<ref>[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/20216 REECE, Louise Goff]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref> Deciding not to run for re-election to a full House term in 1963, she was succeeded by James Henry "Jimmy" Quillen, who was similar to Carroll Reece in the sense that he was not an orator.<ref name=part1/>
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