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'''Lawrence Brooks Hays''' (August 9, 1898 – October 11, 1981), often referred to as '''L. Brooks Hays''' or simply '''Brooks Hays''', was a [[Democrat]] [[segregation]]ist 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]].<ref name=encyclopediaofarkansas>Day, John Kyle. [https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/lawrence-brooks-hays-506/ Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898–1981)]. ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> | '''Lawrence Brooks Hays''' (August 9, 1898 – October 11, 1981), often referred to as '''L. Brooks Hays''' or simply '''Brooks Hays''', was a [[Democrat]] [[segregation]]ist 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]].<ref name=encyclopediaofarkansas>Day, John Kyle. [https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/lawrence-brooks-hays-506/ Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898–1981)]. ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> | ||
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| + | In 1934, following an unsuccessful bid for Congress amidst the [[Great Depression]], Hays became employed under the [[National Recovery Administration]],<ref>[https://discoverlbj.org/item/haysb Hays, L. Brooks (Lawrence Brooks), 1898-1981]. ''Discover LBJ''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> which was established under the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. | ||
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Hays was first elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the [[1942 Midterm Elections|1942 midterms]],<ref name=encyclopediaofarkansas/> and re-elected numerous times. | Hays was first elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the [[1942 Midterm Elections|1942 midterms]],<ref name=encyclopediaofarkansas/> and re-elected numerous times. | ||
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| 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 | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Marion Prather | ||
| Religion | Southern Baptist | ||
| Military Service | |||
| Allegiance | United States | ||
| Service/branch | United States Army | ||
| Service Years | 1918 | ||
- 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]
Political career
In 1934, following an unsuccessful bid for Congress amidst the Great Depression, Hays became employed under the National Recovery Administration,[2] which was established under the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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,[3] which he denounced.
During the Little Rock crisis, Hays did not take either the side of Dwight Eisenhower nor Governor Orval Faubus, instead seeking a reconciliation between the two.[1] In 1958, he was defeated for re-election by the more staunchly segregationist Dale Alford, who utilized Democrat election fraud tactics to "win" the race.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Day, John Kyle. Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898–1981). Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ↑ Hays, L. Brooks (Lawrence Brooks), 1898-1981. Discover LBJ. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ↑ GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf. Congressional Record. 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