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====Civil rights legislation, death in office====

====Civil rights legislation, death in office====

Reece held a pro-[[civil rights]] record, voting for [[anti-lynching legislation]] from supporting the Dyer bill of 1922<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-2/h169 TO PASS H. R. 13.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> to the 1937 Gavagan-Wagner bill<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> and the 1940 Gavagan-[[Hamilton Fish III|Fish]] bill.<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 August 13, 2021.</ref> He backed an end to the [[poll tax]],<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> voting for such a measure in 1942.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/77-1942/h150 TO PASS H.R. 1024 WHICH DECLARES ILLEGAL THE REQUIREMENT OF A POLL TAX AS A PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING OR REGISTERING TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT, OR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> Along with his Republican colleague [[Howard Baker, Sr.]] of Tennessee's second congressional district, he did not sign the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]],<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 27, 2021.</ref> which opposed the [[Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' that ordered the desegregation of all U.S. public schools. Reece also voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act]]s of [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|1957]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42 HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> and 1960.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h106 HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL BY THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE'S AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref>

Reece held a pro–[[civil rights]] record, voting for [[anti-lynching legislation]] from supporting the [[Dyer Bill]] of 1922<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-2/h169 TO PASS H. R. 13.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> to the 1937 [[Gavagan–Wagner Act]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> and the 1940 Gavagan-[[Hamilton Fish III|Fish]] bill.<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 August 13, 2021.</ref> He backed an end to the [[poll tax]],<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> voting for such a measure in 1942.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/77-1942/h150 TO PASS H.R. 1024 WHICH DECLARES ILLEGAL THE REQUIREMENT OF A POLL TAX AS A PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING OR REGISTERING TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT, OR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> Along with his Republican colleague [[Howard Baker, Sr.]] of Tennessee's second congressional district, he did not sign the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]],<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 27, 2021.</ref> which opposed the [[Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' that ordered the desegregation of all U.S. public schools. Reece also voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act]]s of [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|1957]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42 HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> and 1960.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h106 HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL BY THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE'S AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref>

[[File:Louise Reece of TN.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Reece was succeeded in Congress upon his death by his wife, the former Louise Despard (1898–1970), who herself was highly politically connected.]]

[[File:Louise Reece of TN.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Reece was succeeded in Congress upon his death by his wife, the former Louise Despard (1898–1970), who herself was highly politically connected.]]