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→Political career: New Deal era to Truman presidency
==Political career: New Deal era to Truman presidency==
==Political career: New Deal era to Truman presidency==
[[File:Eugene "Bull" Connor cir. 1930s.png|thumb|left|170px|Connor in the 1930s.]]
Connor ran for Alabama House of Representatives in 1934, lazily refraining from campaigning though benefited from recognition as a radio personality<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> and won a seat.<ref name=politicalgraveyard/> During his tenure in the lower body of the state legislature, Connor compiled a Southern progressive record opposing pay raises, tax increases, anti-sedition legislation (designed to derail [[labor union]] interests), and in support of poll tax reform popular among the populist white working class.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/>
Connor ran for Alabama House of Representatives in 1934, lazily refraining from campaigning though benefited from recognition as a radio personality<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> and won a seat.<ref name=politicalgraveyard/> During his tenure in the lower body of the state legislature, Connor compiled a Southern progressive record opposing pay raises, tax increases, anti-sedition legislation (designed to derail [[labor union]] interests), and in support of poll tax reform popular among the populist white working class.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/>