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In late July 1937, there was a Senate effort by New York [[conservative Democrat]] [[Royal S. Copeland]] to add the full text of one of the anti-lynching bills as a [[rider]] to a train-limit bill;<ref>Railway Age, Vol. 103 (1937). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Railway_Age/rXNCAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=copeland+anti-lynching+rider&pg=PA133&printsec=frontcover Senate Passes Train-Limit Bill], p. 133. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.</ref> the majority of Democrats, including a significant number from the North, voted to table it.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s43 TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 69, THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT. THE AMEND. OFFERED BY SENATOR COPELAND WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDED HOUSE BILL 1507, THE ANTILYNCHING BILL, TO S. 69, A BILL LIMITING THE SIZE OF TRAINS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s58 TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 2475. OFFERED BY SENATOR COPELAND WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDED THE ANTILYNCHING BILL AS PERFECTED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY TO THE PENDING LEGISLATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>

In late July 1937, there was a Senate effort by New York [[conservative Democrat]] [[Royal S. Copeland]] to add the full text of one of the anti-lynching bills as a [[rider]] to a train-limit bill;<ref>Railway Age, Vol. 103 (1937). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Railway_Age/rXNCAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=copeland+anti-lynching+rider&pg=PA133&printsec=frontcover Senate Passes Train-Limit Bill], p. 133. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.</ref> the majority of Democrats, including a significant number from the North, voted to table it.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s43 TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 69, THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT. THE AMEND. OFFERED BY SENATOR COPELAND WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDED HOUSE BILL 1507, THE ANTILYNCHING BILL, TO S. 69, A BILL LIMITING THE SIZE OF TRAINS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s58 TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 2475. OFFERED BY SENATOR COPELAND WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDED THE ANTILYNCHING BILL AS PERFECTED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY TO THE PENDING LEGISLATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>

===Gavagan–Fish Act===

===Gavagan–Fish Act===

The final effort during the [[New Deal Coalition]] was in 1940. The bill that year, known as the Gavagan–Fish bill, with conservative Rep. [[Hamilton Fish, III]] (R–NY), as co-sponsor, passed 252–131, with 109 Democrats, 140 Republicans, 2 Progressives, and 1 American Laborer voting for and 123 Democrats and 8 Republicans voting against.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/76-3/h96 TO PASS H.R. 801, A BILL TO MAKE LYNCHING A FEDERAL CRIME.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> The [[Democratic party|Democratic]] vote flipped from favorable to unfavorable due to the 1938 midterms, in which Republicans regained some of their strength in the North. Republican support stayed roughly where it was at 95% while Northern Democrat support went down to 84%. The Southern Democrat percent support fell to 1%, with only Edward Creal (D–Ky.) voting in favor.

The final effort during the [[New Deal Coalition]] was in 1940. The bill that year, known as the Gavagan–Fish bill, with conservative Rep. [[Hamilton Fish, III]] (R–NY), as co-sponsor, passed 252–131, with 109 Democrats, 140 Republicans, 2 Progressives, and 1 American Laborer voting for and 123 Democrats and 8 Republicans voting against.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/76-3/h96 TO PASS H.R. 801, A BILL TO MAKE LYNCHING A FEDERAL CRIME.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> The [[Democratic party|Democratic]] vote flipped from favorable to unfavorable due to the 1938 midterms, in which Republicans regained some of their strength in the North. Republican support stayed roughly where it was at 95% while Northern Democrat support went down to 84%. The Southern Democrat percent support fell to 1%, with only Edward Creal (D–Ky.) voting in favor.