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==Senate==
==Senate==
In 1934 Pendergast arranged for Truman's nomination as United States Senator on the Democratic ticket; he was elected in the democratic landslide as a supporter of Roosevelt and the New deal. His first term in office was uneventful, except for a failed effort to prevent the renomination of Maurice Milligan for U.S. District Attorney for the Western District of Missouri; Milligan had obtained the conviction of 35 Pendergast "ward leaders" for vote frauds.
In 1934 Pendergast arranged for Truman's nomination as United States Senator on the Democratic ticket; he was elected in the democratic landslide as a supporter of Roosevelt and the New deal. His first term in office was uneventful, except for a failed effort to prevent the renomination of Maurice Milligan for U.S. District Attorney for the Western District of Missouri; Milligan had obtained the conviction of 35 Pendergast "ward leaders" for vote frauds.
===Civil rights record===
In 1935, the United States Senate was deadlocked over the [[Costigan–Wagner Act]] (also known as the [[Anti-Lynching Bill of 1935]]); Democratic Majority Leader forced adjourn motions which initially failed by narrow margins, though political trading brought a motion to pass on May 1; Truman was among the votes which switched into supporting adjourning the chamber, which killed the Act from passing.<ref>Greenbaum, Fred (1967). [https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-human-relations_third-quarter-1967_15_3 "The Anti-Lynching Bill of 1935: The Irony of "Equal Justice—Under Law"]," p. 83. Internet Archive. Retrieved December 3, 2022.</ref>
===World War II===
===World War II===