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[[File:B. Carroll Reece.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Reece in the 1920s.]]

[[File:B. Carroll Reece.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Reece in the 1920s.]]

Reece ultimately defeated Sells in an upset to win the GOP nomination and cruise to victory in the general election.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=300758 TN District 01 Race - Nov 02, 1920]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref> He would later recount his first interaction with his predecessor:<ref name=part1/>

Reece ultimately defeated Sells in an upset to win the GOP nomination and cruise to victory in the general election.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=300758 TN District 01 Race - Nov 02, 1920]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref> He would later recount his first interaction with his predecessor:<ref name=part1/>

{{cquote|Old Goliath showed that same spirit when he came face to face with David. What his attitude implied was, do you think that you can oppose me for this office? He knew who I was. Well might he have recalled the days when my father and mother lived in a log cabin which sat within the shadow of his mother’s stately mansion, and when I came to the back door of his house peddling butter and eggs. He thought he could break my spirit and that I would sneak away like a whipped cur. ‘You haven’t a chance to win the nomination,’ he said. ‘I’m in better shape than ever financially to fight competition, and when I get ready to retire I am going to name my successor.’ There was just one thing my friend overlooked and that is you can’t disregard the wishes of a great people in things like this.}}

{{cquote|Old [[Goliath]] showed that same spirit when he came face to face with [[David]]. What his attitude implied was, do you think that you can oppose me for this office? He knew who I was. Well might he have recalled the days when my father and mother lived in a log cabin which sat within the shadow of his mother’s stately mansion, and when I came to the back door of his house peddling butter and eggs. He thought he could break my spirit and that I would sneak away like a whipped cur. ‘You haven’t a chance to win the nomination,’ he said. ‘I’m in better shape than ever financially to fight competition, and when I get ready to retire I am going to name my successor.’ There was just one thing my friend overlooked and that is you can’t disregard the wishes of a great people in things like this.}}

Once in office, Reece established services to help constituents with problems both large and small, a precedent continued by later elected Republicans from Eastern Tennessee.<ref name=part1/> During his early tenure, his office was looted at one point, with thieves breaking in and stealing $50,000.<ref>Hill, Ray (March 21, 2021). [https://knoxfocus.com/archives/this-weeks-focus/carroll-reece-tennessees-mr-republican-pt4/ Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Pt4]. ''The Knoxville Focus''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref>

Once in office, Reece established services to help constituents with problems both large and small, a precedent continued by later elected Republicans from Eastern Tennessee.<ref name=part1/> During his early tenure, his office was looted at one point, with thieves breaking in and stealing $50,000.<ref>Hill, Ray (March 21, 2021). [https://knoxfocus.com/archives/this-weeks-focus/carroll-reece-tennessees-mr-republican-pt4/ Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Pt4]. ''The Knoxville Focus''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref>