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====Conservatism, party leadership====

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An adamant [[conservative]], Reece opposed the [[New Deal]] (with the exception of the [[TVA]], as mentioned above) during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[liberal]] initiatives such as a federal wage and price controls.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> He was also an [[isolationist]]<ref name=libertyuniversity>Samson, Steven Alan. [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations]. ''Liberty University''. Retrieved August 14, 2021.</ref> and [[non-interventionist]]<ref>Krock, Arthur (April 3, 1946). [https://www.nytimes.com/1946/04/03/archives/reece-was-noninterventionist-opposed-the-draft-lendlease-and-other.html Reece Was Non-Interventionist; Opposed the Draft, Lend-Lease and Other Pre-War Moves, but Voted for Larger Navy]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 24, 2021.</ref> prior to [[World War II]] and voted against the [[Lend-Lease Act]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/77-1941/h6 TO PASS H.R. 1776, A BILL TO PROMOTE THE DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES (LEND-LEASE BILL).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 14, 2021.</ref> Allied with [[Ohio]] senator [[Robert Taft]],<ref>Bowen, Michael D. [https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0015635/00001 Fight for the Right: The Quest for Republican Identity in the Postwar Period], p. 19. ''University of Florida Digital Collections''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> who he joined in opposing President [[Harry Truman]]'s anti-[[inflation]] plan,<ref>Knowles, Clayton (November 24, 1947). [https://www.nytimes.com/1947/11/24/archives/reece-joins-taft-against-truman-fights-antiinflation-plan-in-gop.html REECE JOINS TAFT AGAINST TRUMAN; Fights Anti-Inflation Plan in GOP Editorial Entitled 'A Cop in Every Kitchen']. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> Reece succeeded [[Herbert Brownell]] (later [[United States Attorney General]] under president [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]) as the chair of the [[RNC]] in early April 1946<ref>April 2, 1946. [https://www.nytimes.com/1946/04/02/archives/republicans-elect-reece-as-chairman-stassen-is-critical-the.html REPUBLICANS ELECT REECE AS CHAIRMAN; STASSEN IS CRITICAL; The Tennessee Representative Wins on Third Ballot Over Danaher and Hanes NEGRO VOTE IS STRESSED Minnesotan Says Selection Does Not 'Constitute a Decision' on Party's Policy ... Dewey Said to Back Danaher Negro Vote Is Stressed REECE IS ELECTED BY REPUBLICANS Liberals" Backed Hanes]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> and presided over [[GOP]] victories in the [[1946 Midterm Elections|1946 midterms]]. Due to his independent wealth inherited from his father-in-law,<ref name=knoxvillefocuspart13/> Reece did not accept a salary.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/>

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An adamant [[conservative]], Reece opposed the [[New Deal]] (with the exception of the [[TVA]], as mentioned above) during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[liberal]] initiatives such as a federal wage and price controls.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> He was also an [[isolationist]]<ref name=libertyuniversity>Samson, Steven Alan. [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations]. ''Liberty University''. Retrieved August 14, 2021.</ref> and [[non-interventionist]]<ref>Krock, Arthur (April 3, 1946). [https://www.nytimes.com/1946/04/03/archives/reece-was-noninterventionist-opposed-the-draft-lendlease-and-other.html Reece Was Non-Interventionist; Opposed the Draft, Lend-Lease and Other Pre-War Moves, but Voted for Larger Navy]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 24, 2021.</ref> prior to [[World War II]] and voted against the [[Lend-Lease Act]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/77-1941/h6 TO PASS H.R. 1776, A BILL TO PROMOTE THE DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES (LEND-LEASE BILL).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 14, 2021.</ref> In the 1939–40 congressional session, Reece's MC-Index<ref group=note>FascinatingPolitics utilizes an MC-Index to track the level of conservatism among U.S. senators and representatives based on their voting record, with the scale ranging from 0% (most liberal) to 100% (most conservative).</ref> of 88%.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (March 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/1939-40-mc-index-3.pdf 1939-40-mc-index-3.pdf]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 24, 2021.</ref>

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Allied with [[Ohio]] senator [[Robert Taft]],<ref>Bowen, Michael D. [https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0015635/00001 Fight for the Right: The Quest for Republican Identity in the Postwar Period], p. 19. ''University of Florida Digital Collections''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> who he joined in opposing President [[Harry Truman]]'s anti-[[inflation]] plan,<ref>Knowles, Clayton (November 24, 1947). [https://www.nytimes.com/1947/11/24/archives/reece-joins-taft-against-truman-fights-antiinflation-plan-in-gop.html REECE JOINS TAFT AGAINST TRUMAN; Fights Anti-Inflation Plan in GOP Editorial Entitled 'A Cop in Every Kitchen']. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> Reece succeeded [[Herbert Brownell]] (later [[United States Attorney General]] under president [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]) as the chair of the [[RNC]] in early April 1946<ref>April 2, 1946. [https://www.nytimes.com/1946/04/02/archives/republicans-elect-reece-as-chairman-stassen-is-critical-the.html REPUBLICANS ELECT REECE AS CHAIRMAN; STASSEN IS CRITICAL; The Tennessee Representative Wins on Third Ballot Over Danaher and Hanes NEGRO VOTE IS STRESSED Minnesotan Says Selection Does Not 'Constitute a Decision' on Party's Policy ... Dewey Said to Back Danaher Negro Vote Is Stressed REECE IS ELECTED BY REPUBLICANS Liberals" Backed Hanes]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> and presided over [[GOP]] victories in the [[1946 Midterm Elections|1946 midterms]]. Due to his independent wealth inherited from his father-in-law,<ref name=knoxvillefocuspart13/> Reece did not accept a salary.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/>

During the 1945–46 congressional session, Reece voted with the conservative side 82% of the time.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (July 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/1945-46-civil-rights-converted.pdf 1945-46-civil-rights-converted.pdf]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 24, 2021.</ref>

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