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[[Lister Hill]], a consistent [[New Deal]] liberal from [[Alabama]] who served as a U.S. senator from the state since 1938 (and previously a congressman since the 1920s), aligned with the Democratic regulars in 1948 and denounced the Dixiecrat movement as a puppet of landlords conspiring to facilitate a Republican Party victory by disrupting Southern Democratic unity:<ref>Appendix to the Congressional Record (April 12, 1950). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Congressional_Record/kybOPBFG3QgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrat+tva&pg=SL1-PA3615&printsec=frontcover Congressional Record

[[Lister Hill]], a lifelong [[New Deal]] liberal from [[Alabama]] who served as a U.S. senator from the state since 1938 (and previously a congressman from 1923–38), aligned with the Democratic regulars in 1948 and denounced the Dixiecrat movement as a puppet of landlords conspiring to facilitate a Republican Party victory by disrupting Southern Democratic unity:<ref>Appendix to the Congressional Record (April 12, 1950). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Congressional_Record/kybOPBFG3QgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrat+tva&pg=SL1-PA3615&printsec=frontcover Congressional Record

Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress · Volume 96], pp. 3,614–15. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>

Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress · Volume 96], pp. 3,614–15. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>

{{cquote|As your Senator, I have worked and labored and fought for these measures with all my heart and soul. As I talk to you at this moment I fight to preserve them, that their benefits and blessings may continue to flow to you, to Alabama, and to all our people.

{{cquote|As your Senator, I have worked and labored and fought for these measures with all my heart and soul. As I talk to you at this moment I fight to preserve them, that their benefits and blessings may continue to flow to you, to Alabama, and to all our people.