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| In 1950, Reece ran against the man who succeeded him in the House, ], and defeated him in the Republican ]. This all but assured him of a return to Congress in the heavily Republican district. He was reelected five more times. When the Republicans gained control of the House after the ] elections, Reece served as chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, losing this post after the Democrats regained control in ]. | In 1950, Reece ran against the man who succeeded him in the House, ], and defeated him in the Republican ]. This all but assured him of a return to Congress in the heavily Republican district. He was reelected five more times. When the Republicans gained control of the House after the ] elections, Reece served as chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, losing this post after the Democrats regained control in ]. | ||
| In the ], Reece threw support to ], who he predicted the GOP delegations in Southern and border states would support.<ref>December 17, 1951. . ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> Indeed, southern "]" delegations,<ref>Rothbard, Murray N. (June 21, 2011). . ''Mises Institute''. Retrieved March 2, 2022.</ref> particularly the Arkansas delegation led by ] and the ] delegation led by ],<ref>Apple, R. W., Jr. (August 31, 2004). . ''The New York Times''. Retrieved March 2, 2022.</ref> voted for the nomination of Taft. The Ohio senator ultimately lost in the Republican primaries to the more moderate ], an ]. | |||
| During his time in Congress, he was a social and fiscal conservative who supported ] and ] legislation, being one of the few Southern Congressmen who declined to sign the 1956 anti-desegregation ] and voted in favor of the ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42|title=HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h102|title=HR 8601. PASSAGE.}}</ref> He was a rarity in politics at the time—a truly senior Republican congressman from a former Confederate state. | During his time in Congress, he was a social and fiscal conservative who supported ] and ] legislation, being one of the few Southern Congressmen who declined to sign the 1956 anti-desegregation ] and voted in favor of the ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42|title=HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h102|title=HR 8601. PASSAGE.}}</ref> He was a rarity in politics at the time—a truly senior Republican congressman from a former Confederate state. | ||
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American politician| Carroll Reece | |
|---|---|
 Reece c. 1924 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Sam R. Sells |
| Succeeded by | Oscar Lovette |
| In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Oscar Lovette |
| Succeeded by | Dayton E. Phillips |
| In office January 3, 1951 – March 19, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Dayton E. Phillips |
| Succeeded by | Louise Goff Reece |
| Chair of the Republican National Committee | |
| In office April 1, 1946 – June 27, 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Herbert Brownell Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Scott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-12-22)December 22, 1889 Butler, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 1961(1961-03-19) (aged 71) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Louise Goff |
| Education | Appalachian State University Carson-Newman University (BA) New York University (MA) London School of Economics |
Brazilla Carroll Reece (December 22, 1889 – March 19, 1961) was an American Republican Party politician from Tennessee. He represented eastern Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives for all but six years from 1921 to 1961 and served as the Chair of the Republican National Committee from 1946 to 1948.
From 1953 to 1954, as chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, often called the Reece Committee, he led an investigation of communist activities by non-profit organizations, particularly educational institutions and charitable foundations.
Early life
Reece was born on a farm near Butler, Tennessee as one of thirteen children of John Isaac and Sarah Maples Reece. He was named for Brazilla Carroll McBride, an ancestor who served in the War of 1812, but never used his first name. His brother, Raleigh Valentine Reece, was a reporter for the Nashville Tennessean and the teacher who replaced John Thomas Scopes at Rhea County High School in Dayton, Tennessee following the infamous "Monkey Trial."
Reece attended Watauga Academy in Butler, Tennessee and Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee. At Carson-Newman he played basketball and football. After graduating from Carson-Newman in 1914 as class valedictorian, he worked as a high school principal for one year, then enrolled in New York University, where he earned a master's degree in economics and finance in 1916. He also studied at the University of London.
Career
He was an assistant secretary and instructor at New York University in 1916 and 1917.
In April, 1917 Reece enlisted for World War I and attended officer training in Plattsburgh, New York. During the war he served initially with the 166th Infantry Regiment, a unit of the 42nd Infantry Division. He later transferred to 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division. He commanded a company, then commanded the regiment's 3rd Battalion, and attained the rank of captain. He was discharged in 1919, and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Purple Heart, and French Croix de Guerre with Palm.
He was director of the School of Business Administration of New York University in 1919 and 1920, and also studied law there.
He then passed the bar exam and opened a successful law practice in Johnson City, where he was also a banker and publisher.
Reece was married to Louise Goff, daughter of United States Senator Guy Despard Goff of West Virginia.
Congressional service
Reece served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, and 1948. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution in 1945 and 1946.
Denying renomination of Sam R. Sells and winning election to the U.S. House
Reece first successfully ran for the House of Representatives in 1920, challenging incumbent Republican Sam R. Sells. Although supporters of Sells initially dismissed Reece's candidacy as a joke, the political newcomer ran on his military service as Sells campaigned on his personality rather than his congressional voting record. During the campaign, Reece, who went to all counties in the district, promised to serve only up to ten years, a vow he eventually broke. He also attacked the incumbent Sells, a lumber businessman, for alleged conflicts of interest in voting to "exempt excess profit taxes on corporations," furthermore stating:
Why don’t your congressman and mine in explaining how much he made in 1917 and 1918, tell our people how much he made in 1919, and why he voted to exempt these excess profits from taxes?
Reece ultimately defeated Sells in an upset to win the GOP nomination and cruise to victory in the general election. He would later recount his first interaction with his predecessor:
Old Goliath showed that same spirit when he came face to face with David. What his attitude implied was, do you think that you can oppose me for this office? He knew who I was. Well might he have recalled the days when my father and mother lived in a log cabin which sat within the shadow of his mother’s stately mansion, and when I came to the back door of his house peddling butter and eggs. He thought he could break my spirit and that I would sneak away like a whipped cur. ‘You haven’t a chance to win the nomination,’ he said. ‘I’m in better shape than ever financially to fight competition, and when I get ready to retire I am going to name my successor.’ There was just one thing my friend overlooked and that is you can’t disregard the wishes of a great people in things like this.
The region had voted not to secede at the state convention in 1861. This region was heavily Republican—in fact, Republicans had represented this district for all but four years since 1859, and was one of the few regions in the former Confederacy where Republicans won on a regular basis.
1920s
Once in office, Reece established services to help constituents with problems both large and small, a precedent continued by later elected Republicans from Eastern Tennessee.
In his first term, Reece was at one point arrested for engaging in homosexuality in a public bathroom. This incident later impacted him in the 1950s when the Reece Committee conducted hearings in its investigations of tax-exempt foundations.
1930 defeat, 1932 comeback
Following his first election, Reece was re-elected four consecutive times. He lost in the 1930 midterms to Independent Republican Oscar Lovette following backlash from constituents over the George W. Norris Muscle Shoals bill (the Senate version, which is considered a forerunner to the Tennessee Valley Authority) being vetoed by President Herbert Hoover as well as having failed to ensure the Cove Creek Dam being built. Many of Reece's constituents turned against him due to his siding with private enterprise in his support of Muscle Shoals development over the government initiative to provide nitrates for farmers, which Lovette emphasized his support for. The incumbent congressman, who President Hoover offered to help in his sinking re-election bid, claimed that the Muscle Shoals bill introduced by Norris which emphasized a larger size and scope of the federal government "originated in Red Russia."
Reece for his old seat in 1932, campaigning in part against the refusal of Lovette to maintain consistent affiliation as a Republican (Lovette ran as an "Independent Republican" in the general election). During this period, although he was out of office during the time, his favorability among President Hoover ensured that patronage and significant influence went through his hands rather than that of Lovette's. Reece narrowly re-emerged successfully and defeated Lovette, who in turn claimed voter fraud. An investigation by a House subcommittee uncovered some "questionable" election procedures practices, though Reece was ultimately seated.
However, the landslide defeats the GOP suffered nationally that year would mark the start of solid Democratic control in the federal government as the Great Depression continued. Reece continued being re-elected consecutively until unsuccessfully running for an open Senate seat in 1948; afterwards he returned to the House yet again and continued serving until his death. According to Tennessee historian Ray Hill, a historian who writes for the The Knoxville Focus:
Reece never forgot why he had lost to Oscar B. Lovette in 1930; following his return to the House of Representatives, Carroll Reece became a supporter of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Reece frequently voted against the majority of his fellow Republicans, many of whom disliked the very notion of the TVA, to support the Tennessee Valley Authority. When asked why he didn’t go along with his party, Carroll Reece candidly replied no politician in Tennessee could survive politically by opposing the TVA. Reece had fought the bill sponsored by Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, while Second District Congressman J. Will Taylor had supported it. Reece had lost his seat in Congress because of his opposition while the controversial Taylor had continued to hang on to his seat.
Return to the House
Reece thus returned to Congress, serving until 1947, when he stepped down to devote his full energies to serving as chairman of the Republican National Committee, a position he had held since 1946.
An adamant conservative, Reece generally opposed the New Deal during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt along with liberal initiatives such as a federal wage and price controls. He was also an isolationist and non-interventionist prior to World War II and voted against the Lend-Lease Act. A supporter of civil rights, he advocated the passage of federal anti-lynching legislation and anti-poll tax measures.
A member of the conservative "Old Guard" faction of the Republican Party, Reece was a strong supporter of Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft, the leader of the GOP's conservative wing. In 1948 and 1952 Reece was a leading supporter of Taft's candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination; however, Taft lost the nomination both times to moderate Republicans from New York.
Reece was the Republican nominee for an open Senate seat in 1948, but lost to Democratic Congressman Estes Kefauver, who had unseated incumbent Democrat Tom Stewart in the party primary. Kefauver carried the support of the influential editor Edward J. Meeman of the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar, who had for years fought to topple the Edward "Boss" Crump political machine in Memphis. Crump supported Stewart.
Republican Party leadership
Allied with Ohio senator Taft, who he joined in opposing President Harry S. Truman's anti-inflation plan, Reece succeeded Herbert Brownell, Jr. (later United States Attorney General under president Dwight D. Eisenhower), as the chair of the Republican National Committee in early April 1946 and presided over GOP victories in the 1946 midterms. Due to his independent wealth inherited from his father-in-law, Reece did not accept a salary.
During his tenure in leading the GOP on the national stage, Reece was a part of the conservative faction opposed by Minnesota liberal Republican Harold Stassen and Vermont Moderate Republican George Aiken. The more liberal wing of the Republican Party considered him to be an "Old Guard reactionary." In February 1948, Reece called for purging communists from the United States, asserting:
...the spread of Communist power throughout the world constitutes the greatest menace to our nation.
Reece also opposed President Truman's use of "public funds" for his Western trip, calling it a "pre-nomination campaign tour."
Defeating Phillips, returning to the U.S. House
In 1950, Reece ran against the man who succeeded him in the House, Dayton Phillips, and defeated him in the Republican primary. This all but assured him of a return to Congress in the heavily Republican district. He was reelected five more times. When the Republicans gained control of the House after the 1952 elections, Reece served as chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, losing this post after the Democrats regained control in 1955.
In the 1952 United States presidential election, Reece threw support to Robert A. Taft, who he predicted the GOP delegations in Southern and border states would support. Indeed, southern "black and tan" delegations, particularly the Arkansas delegation led by Osro Cobb and the Mississippi delegation led by Perry W. Howard II, voted for the nomination of Taft. The Ohio senator ultimately lost in the Republican primaries to the more moderate Dwight D. Eisenhower, an internationalist.
During his time in Congress, he was a social and fiscal conservative who supported isolationism and civil rights legislation, being one of the few Southern Congressmen who declined to sign the 1956 anti-desegregation Southern Manifesto and voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960. He was a rarity in politics at the time—a truly senior Republican congressman from a former Confederate state.
International controversy
During the Cold War, Reece's statement that "The citizens of Danzig are German as they always had been" caused a reply from Jędrzej Giertych, a leading Polish emigrant in London and writer, publicist, and publisher of National Democratic background. Danzig was separated from Germany and had been established as the Free City of Danzig in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles following World War I. It was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1939 and subsequently grouped with Poland in the Potsdam Agreement.
Reece was opposed to the Oder-Neisse line, advocating the return to Germany of its former Eastern territories.
Reece Committee
Main article: Reece CommitteeReece led the House Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations which investigated the use of funds by tax-exempt non-profit organizations, and in particular foundations, to determine if they were using their funds to support communism in educational institutions. Reece selected attorney Norman Dodd to lead the investigation, which lasted eighteen months. Reece would later declare that "The evidence that has been gathered by the staff pointed to one simple underlying situation, namely that the major foundations, by subsidizing collectivistic-minded educators, had financed a socialist trend in American government."
In the wake of the fall of Senator Joseph McCarthy, activities such as these were accused of demonstrating what later became known as 'McCarthyism', and failed to attract much attention. When they did attract attention, it was often negative, with a recurring criticism that such investigations were chilling free thought.
Death and legacy
Reece died of lung cancer on March 19, 1961 in Bethesda, Maryland, just two months after being sworn in for his 18th term. He served in the House longer than anyone else in Tennessee history (though Jimmy Quillen, who eventually succeeded him as the 1st District's congressman, holds the record for the longest unbroken tenure in the House for a Tennessee congressman), and only Kenneth McKellar served in both houses longer. Reece's wife, Louise, was elected to serve the remainder of his unexpired term in Congress. Both are buried at Monte Vista Memorial Park in Johnson City, Tennessee.
He received several honorary degrees, including LL.D.s from Cumberland University and Tusculum College, and an L.H.D. from Lincoln Memorial University.
See also
References
- ^ Michael Rogers, "Brazilla Carroll Reece, 1889-1961," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
- "REECE, Brazilla Carroll, (1889 - 1961)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- Bowers, F. Suzanne (2010). Republican, First, Last, and Always: A Biography of B. Carroll Reece. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 12–14.
- Winship, A. L. (1919). The Book of Salutation to the Twenty-sixth ("Yankee") Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. Boston, MA: Everett Press. pp. 27, 39.
- "From the Museum" (PDF). Now and Then. 5 (2). Johnson City, TN: East Tennessee State University: 7. 1988.
- "Biography: B. Carroll Reese". Magazine of Sigma Chi. Vol. 67, no. 3. Evanston, IL: Sigma Chi Fraternity. 1948. p. 13.
- Lancaster, Frank H.; Birmingham, Ernest F. (1925). "Congressman's Brother to Teach at Dayton High School". Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests. New York, NY: Fourth Estate Publishing Company: 130.
- ^ Hill, Ray (February 14, 2021). Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican,’ I. The Knoxville Focus. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- Hill, Ray (February 21, 2021). Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ II. The Knoxville Focus. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- TN District 01 Race - Nov 02, 1920. Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- Jasper, William F. (February 6, 2017). Foundations: Cutting Off the Toxic Funding Flow. The New American. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- TN District 01 Race - Nov 07, 1922. Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- TN District 01 Race - Nov 04, 1924. Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- TN District 01 Race - Nov 02, 1926. Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- TN District 01 Race - Nov 06, 1928. Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- TN District 01 Race - Nov 04, 1930. Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- Hill, Ray (May 9, 2021). Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Pt9. The Knoxville Focus. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- Hill, Ray (June 13, 2021). Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Part 11. The Knoxville Focus. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ Hill, Ray (April 25, 2021). Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Pt7. The Knoxville Focus. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- Hill, Ray (June 6, 2021). Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Part 10. The Knoxville Focus. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ Hill, Ray (June 20, 2021). Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Pt12. The Knoxville Focus. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- TN District 01 Race - Nov 08, 1932. Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- Hill, Ray (July 25, 2021). Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Part 14. The Knoxville Focus. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ Hill, Ray (July 18, 2021). Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Part 13. The Knoxville Focus. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ Samson, Steven Alan. Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations. Liberty University. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- Krock, Arthur (April 3, 1946). Reece Was Non-Interventionist; Opposed the Draft, Lend-Lease and Other Pre-War Moves, but Voted for Larger Navy. The New York Times. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- TO PASS H.R. 1776, A BILL TO PROMOTE THE DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES (LEND-LEASE BILL).. GovTrack.us. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- Bowen, Michael D. Fight for the Right: The Quest for Republican Identity in the Postwar Period, p. 19. University of Florida Digital Collections. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- "Edward John Meeman". The Tennessee Encyclopedia. January 1, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- Bowen, Michael D. Fight for the Right: The Quest for Republican Identity in the Postwar Period, p. 19. University of Florida Digital Collections. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- Knowles, Clayton (November 24, 1947). 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.
- April 2, 1946. 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 March 2, 2022.
- November 27, 1947. AIKEN ASKS REECE TO QUIT GOP HELM; Lays Failure to Win Confidence of Voters to Chairman, Who Is Also Attacked by Tobey. The New York Times. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- Krock, Arthur (December 3, 1947). Futility in Aiken's Call; Move to Oust Reece as GOP Chairman Doomed by Senator's Party Irregularity. The New York Times. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- February 1, 1948. REECE URGES PURGE OF COMMUNISTS IN U.S.. The New York Times. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- June 6, 1948. Reece Hits Using Public Funds For Truman's 'Campaign Tour'; REECE HITS PAYING TRUMAN TOUR COSTS. The New York Times. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- December 17, 1951. G.O.P. IN SOUTH SOLID FOR TAFT, SAYS REECE. The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- Rothbard, Murray N. (June 21, 2011). Swan Song of the Old Right. Mises Institute. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- Apple, R. W., Jr. (August 31, 2004). THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- APPLE'S ALMANAC; Father of the Southern Strategy, at 76, Is Here for His 11th Convention. The New York Times. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- "HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957". GovTrack.us.
- "HR 8601. PASSAGE".
- Jędrzej Giertych, Poland and Germany: A Reply to Congressman B. Carroll Reece of Tennessee. (1958). p. 15
- Allen, Debra J. (2003). The Oder-Neisse Line: The United States, Poland, and Germany in the Cold War. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-313-32359-1.
- World News Digest: Foundations Probe: Reece Unit vs. Foundations; Other Developments (subscription required)
- Epperson, Ralph (1985). The Unseen Hand. Publius. p. 208.
- "Tennessee's Rep. Reece, 71, Dies of Cancer". Chicago Tribune. March 19, 1960.
- Reece, B. Carroll (1965). Peace Through Law: A Basis for an East-West Settlement in Europe. New Cannan, CT: The Long House, Inc. p. 6. ISBN 9780912806211.
External links
- United States Congress. "B. Carroll Reece (id: R000108)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-07-24
- B. Carroll Reece Gravesite
- The Political Graveyard
- "B. Carroll Reece". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded bySam R. Sells | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st congressional district 1921–1931 |
Succeeded byOscar Lovette |
| Preceded byOscar Lovette | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st congressional district 1933–1947 |
Succeeded byDayton E. Phillips |
| Preceded byDayton E. Phillips | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st congressional district 1951–1961 |
Succeeded byLouise Goff Reece |
| Preceded byWayne Hays Acting |
Chair of the House Tax-Exempt Investigation Committee 1953–1954 |
Position abolished |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded byHerbert Brownell Jr. | Chair of the Republican National Committee 1946–1948 |
Succeeded byHugh Scott |
| Preceded byTodd Meacham | Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Tennessee (Class 3) 1948 |
Succeeded byTom Wall |
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