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| − | Jennings voted for the 1940 Gavagan-Fish [[anti-lynching 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 5, 2021.</ref> | + | Jennings voted for the 1940 Gavagan-Fish<ref>FascinatingPolitics (July 1, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/07/01/on-ideology-and-anti-lynching-legislation/ On Ideology and Anti-Lynching Legislation]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> [[anti-lynching 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 5, 2021.</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 00:44, August 6, 2021
John Jennings, Jr. (June 6, 1880 – February 27, 1956) was a Tennessee Republican who represented the state's 2nd congressional district mostly during the 1940s, succeeding James Willis Taylor, who died in office. He was previously a delegate to the Republican National Conventions three times during the 1910s, in addition to being a special assistant to the United States Attorney General.
U.S. House of Representatives
Jennings voted for the 1940 Gavagan-Fish[1] anti-lynching bill.[2]
References
- ↑ FascinatingPolitics (July 1, 2018). On Ideology and Anti-Lynching Legislation. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ↑ TO PASS H.R. 801, A BILL TO MAKE LYNCHING A FEDERAL CRIME.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved August 5, 2021.