"His endorsement of the Ku Klux Klan and his boast of membership appear to have genuinely shocked many Senators."
— Theodore G. Bilbo

January 1, 1970

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Democratic Party (United States) politiciansMembers of the United States SenatePeople from MississippiWhite supremacistsGovernors of Mississippi
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The Nation, September 28, 1946, p. 341. Bilbo’s admission of his Klan ties also exacerbated his difficulties with his Senate colleagues.