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Revision as of 21:03, September 22, 2021
| Lawrence Brooks Hays | |||
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| Former President of the Southern Baptist Convention From: 1958–1959 | |||
| Predecessor | C. C. Warren | ||
| Successor | Ramsey Pollan | ||
| Former U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 5th Congressional District From: January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959 | |||
| Predecessor | David D. Terry | ||
| Successor | Dale Alford | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Marion Prather | ||
| Religion | Southern Baptist | ||
- Not to be confused with Wayne L. Hays, a Democrat U.S. representative from Ohio.
Lawrence Brooks Hays (August 9, 1898 – October 11, 1981), often referred to as L. Brooks Hays or simply Brooks Hays, was a Democrat segregationist from Arkansas who represented the state's 5th congressional district from 1943 to 1959. In the late 1950s, he was also the president of the Southern Baptist Convention.[1]
U.S. House of Representatives
Hays was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in the 1942 midterms,[1] and re-elected numerous times.
In 1949, Hays introduced the "Arkansas Plan" which advocated for providing blacks in the South certain civil rights and voting rights guarantees, though did not address segregation.[1] Indeed, Hays was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto in opposition to the United States Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, which he denounced.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Day, John Kyle. Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898–1981). Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
External links
- Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Brooks Hays and the New Deal – JSTOR
- Profile at Find a Grave