Texas Regulars

They were also unhappy that the US Supreme Court, in Smith v. Allwright (1944), had disallowed the segregated primaries used by the Democratic Party in Texas and some other states.

[1] The Texas Regulars tried to gain control of the state nominating convention and select a slate of presidential electors who would not vote for Roosevelt.

The group's supporters included US Representative Martin Dies Jr., former Texas governor Dan Moody, and Senator W. Lee O'Daniel.

This defeat led them to form their own ticket of unpledged electors, not bound to any candidate.

The Texas Regulars opposed the New Deal, trade unions, and government intervention and supported states' rights and white supremacy, with a platform paraphrased as follows:[4][5] The Texas Regulars disbanded soon afterward, but many of them went on to support the Dixiecrat movement of Strom Thurmond in the 1948 presidential election.