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{{cquote|If mob violence is to run riot in America in place of orderly justice the end of free government on this continent will have to come. The sober sense of this country does not, and will not, sanction such lawlessness.|||Sen. Edward P. Costigan, November 29, 1933}}

{{cquote|If mob violence is to run riot in America in place of orderly justice the end of free government on this continent will have to come. The sober sense of this country does not, and will not, sanction such lawlessness.|||Sen. Edward P. Costigan, November 29, 1933}}

The Act was presented to Congress by Sens. Edward P. Costigan of Colorado and Robert F. Wagner of New York, both liberal, pro–New Deal Democrats.<ref group=note>Although anti-lynching bills in the 1930s were typically introduced by liberal New Deal Democrats, the New Deal Coalition itself was not united over the issue.</ref> This stands in contrast to the leadership nature of the previous major anti-lynching bill presented in Congress, introduced by conservative Republican Leonidas C. Dyer.

The Act was presented to Congress by Sens. Edward P. Costigan of Colorado and Robert F. Wagner of New York, both liberal, pro–New Deal Democrats.<ref group=note>Although anti-lynching bills in the 1930s were typically introduced by liberal New Deal Democrats, the New Deal Coalition itself was not united over the issue.</ref> After Costigan suffered a stroke which hindered his political efforts, he needed a Senate consponsor, which Wagner agreed to cooperating as.<ref name=archive,pp.72-73/> This stands in contrast to the leadership nature of the previous major anti-lynching bill presented in Congress, introduced by conservative Republican Leonidas C. Dyer.

 

California Democratic congressman Thomas F. Ford agreed to cosponsor the bill in the U.S. House.<ref name=archive,pp.72-73/> White hoped for a Southern representative to act as a cosponsor in pursuit of reducing opposition from the region's elected politicians, though none were wiling to risk their political fortunes.

==Bill provisions==

==Bill provisions==