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Once in office, Reece established services to help constituents with problems both large and small, a precedent continued by later elected Republicans from Eastern Tennessee.<ref name=part1/> In his first term, he voted with the political right only 63% of the time,<ref>FascinatingPolitics (January 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/67th-congress.pdf 67th-conress.pdf]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 24, 2021.</ref> though Reece's conservatism would grow later on.

Once in office, Reece established services to help constituents with problems both large and small, a precedent continued by later elected Republicans from Eastern Tennessee.<ref name=part1/> In his first term, he voted with the political right only 63% of the time,<ref>FascinatingPolitics (January 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/67th-congress.pdf 67th-conress.pdf]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 24, 2021.</ref> though Reece's conservatism would grow later on.

In his first term, Reece was at one point arrested for engaging in [[homosexuality]] in a public bathroom.<ref name=thenewamerican>Jasper, William F. (February 6, 2017). [https://thenewamerican.com/cutting-off-the-toxic-funding-flow/ Foundations: Cutting Off the Toxic Funding Flow]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> This incident later impacted him in the 1950s when the Reece Committee conducted hearings regarding tax-exempt foundations.

In his first term, Reece was at one point arrested for engaging in [[homosexuality]] in a public bathroom.<ref name=thenewamerican>Jasper, William F. (February 6, 2017). [https://thenewamerican.com/cutting-off-the-toxic-funding-flow/ Foundations: Cutting Off the Toxic Funding Flow]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> This incident later impacted him in the 1950s when the Reece Committee conducted hearings in its investigations of tax-exempt foundations.

During his early tenure, his office was looted at one point, with thieves breaking in and stealing $50,000.<ref>Hill, Ray (March 21, 2021). [https://knoxfocus.com/archives/this-weeks-focus/carroll-reece-tennessees-mr-republican-pt4/ Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Pt4]. ''The Knoxville Focus''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref>

During his early tenure, his office was looted at one point, with thieves breaking in and stealing $50,000.<ref>Hill, Ray (March 21, 2021). [https://knoxfocus.com/archives/this-weeks-focus/carroll-reece-tennessees-mr-republican-pt4/ Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Pt4]. ''The Knoxville Focus''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref>