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{{cquote|Bilbo’s racism did not seem to bother his fellow Democrats.|||"Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism, 1938–1947," p. 11.}}

{{cquote|Bilbo’s racism did not seem to bother his fellow Democrats.|||"Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism, 1938–1947," p. 11.}}

When Bilbo had just won Democratic renomination in 1940 during the primary, he bolstered the party establishment nationwide, campaigning in fifteen states. Bilbo gave a keynote address to the Young Democrats of New York, and speeches in [[Pennsylvania]] received the praise from the state's New Deal senator Joe Guffey as being "tops among Southern statesman as a campaigner."<ref name=fleegler,pp.11-12/> In [[Missouri]], Bilbo campaigned for—and was thanked by—the state's U.S. senator and future president [[Harry S. Truman]], who wrote after being re-elected: "Can’t thank you enough for what you did in Missouri."

When Bilbo had just won Democratic renomination in 1940 during the primary, he bolstered the party establishment nationwide, campaigning in fifteen states. Bilbo gave a keynote address to the Young Democrats of New York, and speeches in [[Pennsylvania]] received the praise from the state's pro–New Deal senator Joe Guffey as being "tops among Southern statesman as a campaigner."<ref name=fleegler,pp.11-12/> In [[Missouri]], Bilbo campaigned for—and was thanked by—the state's U.S. senator and future president [[Harry S. Truman]], who wrote after being re-elected: "Can’t thank you enough for what you did in Missouri."

====Association with Robert Byrd, KKK membership revealed====

====Association with Robert Byrd, KKK membership revealed====