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[[File:FDR Truman and KKK.jpeg|right|220px|thumb|1948 GOP Dewey poster. Democrats killed every effort to pass federal anti-lynching legislation, including 3 times during the glory days of the [[New Deal Coalition]].]]

[[File:FDR Truman and KKK.jpeg|right|220px|thumb|1948 GOP Dewey poster. Democrats killed every effort to pass federal anti-lynching legislation, including at least 6 times during the glory days of the [[New Deal Coalition]].]]

Federal '''Anti-lynching laws''' had been proposed over 200 times but never adopted.<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/07/01/on-ideology-and-anti-lynching-legislation/ On Ideology and Anti-Lynching Legislation]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> The first time an anti-lynching bill passed the House was on January 26, 1922. The Dyer bill passed the House 230–120, with 221 [[Republican]]s, 8 Democrats, and 1 Socialist voting for, while 17 Republicans and 103 Democrats voted against.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-2/h169 TO PASS H. R. 13.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> 95% of Republicans, 47% of Northern Democrats, and 1% of Southern Democrats voted for the measure, with Ben Johnson (D–Ky.) standing alone among them. In the [[Texas]] congressional delegation, only the moderately conservative<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/67th-congress.pdf 67th-congress.pdf]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/1921-23-mc-index-descriptions-1.pdf 67th House(1921-23) Votes]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> Republican [[Harry Wurzbach]] voted in the affirmative, with his racist liberal Democrat colleagues opposing it. [[Democrat]] senators succeeded in killing the bill.<ref>[https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Historical-Essays/Temporary-Farewell/Anti-Lynching-Legislation/ Anti-Lynching Legislation Renewed]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://scalar.usc.edu/nehvectors/stakeman/dyer-anti-lynching-bill Dyer Anti-lynching Bill]. ''The Walter White Project''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>

Federal '''Anti-lynching laws''' had been proposed over 200 times but never adopted.<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/07/01/on-ideology-and-anti-lynching-legislation/ On Ideology and Anti-Lynching Legislation]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> The first time an anti-lynching bill passed the House was on January 26, 1922. The Dyer bill passed the House 230–120, with 221 [[Republican]]s, 8 Democrats, and 1 Socialist voting for, while 17 Republicans and 103 Democrats voted against.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-2/h169 TO PASS H. R. 13.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> 95% of Republicans, 47% of Northern Democrats, and 1% of Southern Democrats voted for the measure, with Ben Johnson (D–Ky.) standing alone among them. In the [[Texas]] congressional delegation, only the moderately conservative<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/67th-congress.pdf 67th-congress.pdf]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/1921-23-mc-index-descriptions-1.pdf 67th House(1921-23) Votes]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> Republican [[Harry Wurzbach]] voted in the affirmative, with his racist liberal Democrat colleagues opposing it. [[Democrat]] senators succeeded in killing the bill.<ref>[https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Historical-Essays/Temporary-Farewell/Anti-Lynching-Legislation/ Anti-Lynching Legislation Renewed]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://scalar.usc.edu/nehvectors/stakeman/dyer-anti-lynching-bill Dyer Anti-lynching Bill]. ''The Walter White Project''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>