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In the [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952 presidential election]], [[conservative]] U.S. senator [[Robert A. Taft]] competed with [[Moderate Republican]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]] for the party nomination. [[Tennessee]] Republican representative [[B. Carroll Reece]] predicted that the Republicans delegations from southern and border states would strongly support Taft.<ref>December 17, 1951. [https://www.nytimes.com/1951/12/17/archives/gop-in-south-solid-for-taft-says-reece.html G.O.P. IN SOUTH SOLID FOR TAFT, SAYS REECE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952 presidential election]], [[conservative]] U.S. senator [[Robert A. Taft]] competed with [[Moderate Republican]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]] for the party nomination. [[Tennessee]] Republican representative [[B. Carroll Reece]] predicted that the Republicans delegations from southern and border states would strongly support Taft.<ref>December 17, 1951. [https://www.nytimes.com/1951/12/17/archives/gop-in-south-solid-for-taft-says-reece.html G.O.P. IN SOUTH SOLID FOR TAFT, SAYS REECE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref>

Indeed, Reece was proven correct when Howard, among Southern Republican leaders which also included [[Arkansas]] lawyer [[Osro Cobb]], led the Mississippi "black and tan" delegation among the Republican National Committee in supporting the nomination of the Ohio senator over Eisenhower.<ref>Apple, Jr., R.W. (August 31, 2004). [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/us/republicans-convention-new-york-apple-s-almanac-father-southern-strategy-76-here.html THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- APPLE'S ALMANAC; Father of the Southern Strategy, at 76, Is Here for His 11th Convention]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref><ref>Rothbard, Murray N. (June 21, 2011). [https://mises.org/library/swan-song-old-right Swan Song of the Old Right]. ''Mises Institute''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref> The latter, however, ultimately maneuvered his way towards the party nomination with the bolstering of [[New York]] lawyer [[Herbert Brownell]],<ref>[https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/finding-aids/pdf/brownell-herbert-papers.pdf BROWNELL, HERBERT JR.:  Papers, 1877-1988]. ''Eisenhower Presidential Library''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref> and proceeded to defeat Democrat [[Adlai Stevenson]] in the general election by a landslide.

Indeed, Reece was proven correct when Howard, among Southern Republican leaders which also included [[Arkansas]] lawyer [[Osro Cobb]], led the Mississippi delegation among the Republican National Committee in supporting the nomination of the Ohio senator over Eisenhower.<ref>Apple, Jr., R.W. (August 31, 2004). [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/us/republicans-convention-new-york-apple-s-almanac-father-southern-strategy-76-here.html THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- APPLE'S ALMANAC; Father of the Southern Strategy, at 76, Is Here for His 11th Convention]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref><ref>Rothbard, Murray N. (June 21, 2011). [https://mises.org/library/swan-song-old-right Swan Song of the Old Right]. ''Mises Institute''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref> The latter, however, ultimately maneuvered his way towards the party nomination with the bolstering of [[New York]] lawyer [[Herbert Brownell]],<ref>[https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/finding-aids/pdf/brownell-herbert-papers.pdf BROWNELL, HERBERT JR.:  Papers, 1877-1988]. ''Eisenhower Presidential Library''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref> and proceeded to defeat Democrat [[Adlai Stevenson]] in the general election by a landslide.

Howard's backing of Sen. Taft was consistent among the Southern "black and tan" delegations which represented the traditional roots of the GOP. Taft was an ardent supporter of civil rights who supported desegregation, [[anti-lynching legislation]], and spearheaded efforts to end racial discrimination in the workplace.<ref>Edwards, Lee (October 2020). [https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/MAPT20.pdf The Political Thought of Robert A. Taft]. ''The Heritage Foundation''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref><ref>Fascinating Politics (April 30, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/04/30/robert-tafts-conservative-proposal-for-civil-rights/ Robert Taft’s Conservative Proposal for Civil Rights]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref>

Howard's backing of Sen. Taft was consistent among the Southern "black and tan" delegations which represented the traditional roots of the GOP. Taft was an ardent supporter of civil rights who supported desegregation, [[anti-lynching legislation]], and spearheaded efforts to end racial discrimination in the workplace.<ref>Edwards, Lee (October 2020). [https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/MAPT20.pdf The Political Thought of Robert A. Taft]. ''The Heritage Foundation''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref><ref>Fascinating Politics (April 30, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/04/30/robert-tafts-conservative-proposal-for-civil-rights/ Robert Taft’s Conservative Proposal for Civil Rights]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref>