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===Gavagan Anti-Lynching Bill of 1937===

===Gavagan Anti-Lynching Bill of 1937===

:{{main|Gavagan–Van Nuys–Wagner Act}}

:{{main|Gavagan–Van Nuys–Wagner Act}}

On April 13, 1937, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 281–108 to take up consideration, the following day, Gavagan's anti-lynching bill which would designate federal offenses for officers who enable mobs to injure and/or kill prisoners.<ref>April 13, 1937. [https://www.nytimes.com/1937/04/13/archives/votes-out-lynching-bill-house-brings-gavagan-measure-to-floor-for.html VOTES OUT LYNCHING BILL; House Brings Gavagan Measure to Floor for Debate Today]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 19, 2023.</ref>

On April 13, 1937, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 281–108 to take up consideration, the following day, the Anti-Lynching Bill of 1937 sponsored by Gavagan which would designate federal offenses for officers who enable mobs to injure and/or kill prisoners.<ref>April 13, 1937. [https://www.nytimes.com/1937/04/13/archives/votes-out-lynching-bill-house-brings-gavagan-measure-to-floor-for.html VOTES OUT LYNCHING BILL; House Brings Gavagan Measure to Floor for Debate Today]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 19, 2023.</ref> Despite a solidly affirmative vote in the House for the legislation,<ref>April 15, 1937. [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.] ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 19, 2023.</ref> it was blocked in the Senate by Southern Democrats.

 

Gavagan later noted "very little support from the White House" for his sponsored anti-lynching bill.<ref>Weiss Malkiel, Nancy Joan (1983). [https://archive.org/details/farewelltopartyo00weis Farewell to the Party of Lincoln: Black Politics in the Age of FDR], p. 243. ''Internet Archive''. Retrieved May 19, 2023.</ref> Roosevelt, prioritized with holding together the [[New Deal Coalition]] in appeasing Southern Democrats in return for their support of liberal initiatives, in practical terms consistently opposed the passage of a federal anti-lynching law.<ref>Magness, Phillip W. (July 31, 2020). [https://www.aier.org/article/how-fdr-killed-federal-anti-lynching-legislation/ How FDR Killed Federal Anti-Lynching Legislation]. ''American Institute for Economic Research''. Retrieved May 19, 2023.</ref>

==Later life and death==

==Later life and death==