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===Southern Democratic support for U.S. House substitute===
===Southern Democratic support for U.S. House substitute===
In the U.S. House of Representatives, opposition towards the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill by numerous Democrats including Hatton W. Sumners of Texas, chairman of the influential House Judiciary Committee, led to compromise legislation being passed instead which increased incentives for the retirement of sitting Supreme Court justices, thus enabling sooner new appointments by Roosevelt.<ref>February 10, 1937. [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h11 TO PASS H. R. 2518, (P. A. 10), A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.] ''GovTrack''. Retrieved June 5, 2023.</ref>
In the U.S. House of Representatives, opposition towards the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill by numerous Democrats including Hatton W. Sumners of Texas, chairman of the influential House Judiciary Committee, led to compromise legislation being passed instead which increased incentives for the retirement of sitting Supreme Court justices, thus enabling sooner new appointments by Roosevelt.<ref>February 10, 1937. [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h11 TO PASS H. R. 2518, (P. A. 10), A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.] ''GovTrack''. Retrieved June 5, 2023.</ref> The substitute was supported by nearly all Southern Democrats.
Among the supporters of the court-packing proposal who voted for the substitute was [[John E. Rankin]] of Mississippi, a New Deal proponent and racial bigot.<ref>Zwiers, Maarten (July 11, 2017). [https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/john-elliott-rankin/ John Elliott Rankin]. ''Mississippi Encyclopedia''. Retrieved June 5, 2023.</ref>
Among the supporters of the court-packing proposal who voted for the substitute was [[John E. Rankin]] of Mississippi, a New Deal proponent and racial bigot.<ref>Zwiers, Maarten (July 11, 2017). [https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/john-elliott-rankin/ John Elliott Rankin]. ''Mississippi Encyclopedia''. Retrieved June 5, 2023.</ref>