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Poll of the United States Senate on the Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching
Bill as of March 23, 1934
Source:
NAACP Papers, Library of Congress
(*
-- Republican)
| FAVORABLE |
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FAVORS
WITH RESERVATIONS |
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PROBABLY
FAVORS |
| Costigan,
Colo. |
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McAdoo,
Calif. |
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Ashurst,
Ariz. |
| *Walcott,
Conn. |
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Adams,
Colo. |
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Hayden,
Ariz. |
| Pope,
Idaho |
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McAdoo,
Calif. |
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*Townsend,
Jr., Dela. |
| Dieterich,
Ill. |
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Lonergan,
Ill. |
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Murphy,
Iowa |
| *Robinson,
Ind. |
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*Hastings,
Dela. |
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McGill,
Kansas |
| Van
Nuys, Ind. |
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Lewis,
Ill. |
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McCarran,
Nevada |
| *Capper,
Kansas |
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Coolidge,
Mass. |
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Pittman,
Nevada |
| *Hale,
Maine |
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*Vandenberg,
Mich. |
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*Frazier,
N.D. |
| *Goldsborough,
Md. |
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Wheeler,
Mont. |
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McNary,
Ore. |
| *Patterson,
Mo. |
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*Nye,
N. D. |
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Steiwer,
Ore. |
| Erickson,
Mont. |
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*Reed,
Penn. |
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Thomas,
Utah |
| Brown,
N. H. |
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*Metcalf,
R. I. |
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*Hatfield,
W. Va. |
| *Keyes,
N. H. |
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*Austin,
Vt. |
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Duffy,
Wis. |
| *Barbour,
N. J. |
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*Gibson,
Vt. |
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O'Mahoney,
Wyo. |
| *Kean,
N. J. |
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| Copeland,
N. Y. |
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| Wagner,
N. Y. |
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| Bulkley,
Ohio |
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| *Fess,
Ohio |
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| *Davis,
Penn. |
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| Bulow,
S. D. |
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| Bone,
Wash |
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| Dill,
Wash. |
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| *LaFollette,
Wis. |
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| *Carey,
Wyo. |
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| OPPOSES |
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OPPOSES
WITH RESERVATIONS |
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PROBABLY
OPPOSES |
| Bankhead,
Ala. |
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None |
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*Dickinson,
Iowa |
| Black,
Ala. |
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Walsh,
Mass. |
| Caraway,
Ark. |
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Clark,
Mo. |
| Robinson,
Ark. |
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*Norris,
Neb. |
| Fletcher,
Fla. |
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Sheppard,
Texas |
| Trammell,
Fla. |
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King,
Utah |
| George,
Ga. |
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Neely,
W. Va. |
| Russell,
Jr., Ga. |
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*Hebert,
R. I. |
| Barkley,
Ky. |
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Thompson,
Neb. |
Logan,
Ky.
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Long,
La.
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| Overton,
La. |
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Harrison,
Miss.
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Stephens,
Miss.
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Bailey,
N. C.
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Reynolds,
N. C.
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Byrnes,
S. C.
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Smith,
S. C.
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Bachman,
Tenn.
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McKellar,
Tenn.
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Connally,
Texas
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| Glass,
Va. |
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| Uncertain |
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Absent |
*Johnson,
Calif.
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*Norbeck,
S. D. |
| *Borah,
Idaho |
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*White,
Jr., Maine
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| Tydings,
Md. |
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| *Couzens,
Mich. |
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| *Schall,
Minn. |
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| Shipstead,
Minn. (Farm-Lab.) |
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| *Cutting,
N. M. |
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| Hatch,
N. M. |
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| Gore,
Okla. |
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| Thomas,
Okla. |
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| Byrd,
Va. |
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