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{{cquote|...guilty of no wrong doing, directly or indirectly.}}
{{cquote|...guilty of no wrong doing, directly or indirectly.}}
The faction led by Howard was later challenged by [[Wirt Yerger|Wirt A. Yerger, Jr.]],<ref name=yerger>Mott, Ronni (May 12, 2009). [https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2009/may/12/yergers-revisionist-lily-white-history/ Yerger's Revisionist ‘Lily White' History]. ''Jackson Free Press''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref> who led a coalition of businessmen and entrepreneurs in Mississippi who rebuilt the state GOP and established what became a two-party system. Although Yerger opposed the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], his efforts directly challenged the [[Jim Crow]] Democrat system by appealing to economic mobility rather than emphasizing race, and had been previously harassed by [[segregation]]ists.<ref name=yerger/>
The faction led by Howard was later challenged by [[Wirt Yerger|Wirt A. Yerger, Jr.]],<ref name=yerger>Mott, Ronni (May 12, 2009). [https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2009/may/12/yergers-revisionist-lily-white-history/ Yerger's Revisionist ‘Lily White' History]. ''Jackson Free Press''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref> who led a coalition of businessmen and entrepreneurs in Mississippi who rebuilt the state GOP and established what became a two-party system. Although Yerger opposed the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], his efforts directly challenged the [[Jim Crow]] Democrat system by appealing to economic mobility rather than emphasizing race, and had been previously harassed by [[segregation]]ists.<ref name=yerger/>
[[File:Robert A. taft painting.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Howard-led Mississippi GOP delegation in 1952 supported Robert Taft (pictured above) for president.]]
===Supporting Robert Taft, 1952===
===Supporting Robert Taft, 1952===
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>