Estes Kefauver
Carey Estes Kefauver (/ˈɛstɪs ˈkiːfɔːvər/; July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1939 to 1949 and in the U.S. Senate from 1949 until his death in 1963.
Estes Kefauver | |
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Kefauver in 1951 | |
| United States Senator from Tennessee | |
| In office January 3, 1949 – August 10, 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Herbert S. Walters |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 3rd district | |
| In office September 13, 1939 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Sam D. McReynolds |
| Succeeded by | James B. Frazier Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carey Estes Kefauver July 26, 1903 Madisonville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | August 10, 1963 (aged 60) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Nancy Patterson Pigott
(m. 1935) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | University of Tennessee (BA) Yale University (LLB) |
After leading a much-publicized investigation into organized crime in the early 1950s, he twice sought his party's nomination for President of the United States. In 1956, he was selected by the Democratic National Convention to be the running mate of presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. He continued to hold his U.S. Senate seat after the Stevenson–Kefauver ticket lost to the Eisenhower–Nixon ticket. Kefauver was named chair of the U.S. Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1957 and served as its chairman until his death.