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→Connor supports the Dixiecrat revolt, 1948
The Alabama Democratic Party, like its counterparts in other [[Deep South]] states, was split. At the [[Democratic National Convention]], Connor was instrumental in leading the walkout of Alabama "Dixiecrats" who opposed Truman and supported the SRP's nominee, [[South Carolina]] senator [[Strom Thurmond]].<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> At the convention, Connor unsuccessfully attempted to garner the attention of House Democratic leader [[Sam Rayburn]]:<ref>"The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South," p. 130.</ref>
The Alabama Democratic Party, like its counterparts in other [[Deep South]] states, was split. At the [[Democratic National Convention]], Connor was instrumental in leading the walkout of Alabama "Dixiecrats" who opposed Truman and supported the SRP's nominee, [[South Carolina]] senator [[Strom Thurmond]].<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> At the convention, Connor unsuccessfully attempted to garner the attention of House Democratic leader [[Sam Rayburn]]:<ref>"The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South," p. 130.</ref>
{{cquote|I've always admired Sam Rayburn. I've always thought of him as a great statesman. But I hollered for five minutes. People heard me all over the hall. And when a gentleman from Texas will not recognize a delegate from Alabama—well, I just can't understand it. No, sir!|||Eugene "Bull" Connor, 1948}}
{{cquote|I've always admired Sam Rayburn. I've always thought of him as a great statesman. But I hollered for five minutes. People heard me all over the hall. And when a gentleman from Texas will not recognize a delegate from Alabama—well, I just can't understand it. No, sir!|||Eugene "Bull" Connor, 1948}}
However, as a result of Truman's victory, control of the Alabama Democratic Party within two years was already wrested from the Dixiecrats by the national Democrat–affiliated political machine of the more "mainstream" liberal-populist U.S. senator [[Lister Hill]]; one author notes:<ref>McWhorter, Diane (2001). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Carry_Me_Home/7jnr8GdvSZcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bull+connor+christina+brown&pg=PT84&printsec=frontcover Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution], pp. 85–86. ''Google Books''. Retrieved October 4, 2023.</ref>
{{cquote|That revolt had turned out to be more than a failure. Truman's 1948 victory despite the South's opposition had proved that the national party didn't have to pander to its southern wing, any more than the Brooklyn Dodgers had humored Birmingham's Dixie Walker when he stormed off the team that year rather than play in the same uniform as Robinson.|||Carry Me Home, pp. 85–86}}
==Extramarital affair==
==Extramarital affair==