Carey Estes Kefauver was born in Madisonville, Tennessee, the son of local hardware merchant Robert Cooke Kefauver and his wife Phredonia Bradford Estes. Kefauver...
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United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce (redirect from Kefauver Commission)
popularly known as the Kefauver Committee because of its chairman, Senator Estes Kefauver. The televised hearing helped Kefauver became a household name...
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thalidomide for morning sickness during pregnancy. The bill by U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver, of Tennessee, and U.S. Representative Oren Harris, of Arkansas, required...
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Senator Estes Kefauver for the 1956 nomination. Kefauver won the New Hampshire primary unopposed (though Stevenson won 15% on write-ins). After Kefauver upset...
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Coonskin cap (section Estes Kefauver)
coonskin cap in the popular culture of American psyche. Politician Estes Kefauver of Tennessee adopted the coonskin cap as a personal trademark during...
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re-election after losing the New Hampshire primary to Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. Kefauver proceeded to win a majority of the popular vote, but failed...
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1952 Democratic National Convention by defeating Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, Georgia Senator Richard Russell Jr., and other candidates. The Republican...
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The Estes Kefauver Federal Building & Courthouse Annex is a Federal office building and a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Middle...
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August 16, 1956. Former presidential candidate and Tennessee's Senator Estes Kefauver defeated Massachusetts' Senator John F. Kennedy. Senator John Sparkman...
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though. Estes Banks, American football player Estes Kefauver, U.S. politician Estes Parham, U.S. basketball player Estes, Missouri Estes, Virginia Estes Park...
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former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for president and Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee for vice president. It was held in the International Amphitheatre...
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scrambled to assemble campaigns for delegate support. The leaders were Estes Kefauver, who had run two populist campaigns for the presidency but lost the...
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Four major candidates sought the presidential nomination: U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, Governor Adlai Stevenson II of Illinois, Senator Richard...
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Massachusetts Governor George Bell Timmerman Jr. of South Carolina Estes Kefauver sought the Democratic presidential nomination, as he had in 1952. Initially...
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Nonfiction includes the biography of the prominent New Deal era politician Estes Kefauver. Fontenay was editor of the Nashville Tennessean, among other newspapers...
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of Japanese ancestry. In 1948, he was challenged for renomination by Estes Kefauver, a progressive East Tennessean who defeated him. Edward J. Meeman, the...
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Clement, upon the death of Senator Estes Kefauver. He was widely viewed as a much more conservative voice than Kefauver, who "was regarded one of the most...
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selected Stevenson because he was "more moderate on civil rights than Estes Kefauver, yet nonetheless acceptable to labor and urban machines—so a coalition...
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primary by Estes Kefauver. In the general election, Kefauver defeated Republican Congressman B. Carroll Reece. John Hardin John Hickey Estes Kefauver, U.S....
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and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Estes Kefauver won re-election, defeating Republican candidate Thomas P. Wall Jr. 1954...
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Harry Truman 1952 (March 11): Estes Kefauver (55%), Harry Truman (44%), and others (1%) 1956 (March 13): Estes Kefauver (85%) and Adlai Stevenson (15%)...
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Crime started an investigation known as the Kefauver hearings, named after its chairman, Sen. Estes Kefauver. Along with other members of Genovese family...
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Incumbent Democratic Senator Estes Kefauver won re-election, defeating Republican candidate A. Bradley Frazier. Estes Kefauver, incumbent Senator Andrew...
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investigation of organized crime, commonly known as the Kefauver Hearings, chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. Costello attempted to minimize the...
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candidates, rather than for delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Estes Kefauver, a senator from Tennessee who made his claim to fame from his reputation...
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of Texas (who was not asked to sign), and Tennessee's other Senator, Estes Kefauver. South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond tried to get Gore to sign the...
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Tennessee. It is located at 719 Church Street, northeast of the older Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse. The architect of record...
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American Mafia (section Kefauver Committee)
Senate special committee, chaired by Democratic Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, determined that a "sinister criminal organization" known as the Mafia...
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Eisenhower "Adlai and Estes – The Bestest" – Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver "The Winning Team" – Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver "A time for greatness"...
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legislation after the adoption of this proposal.: 34–35 Tennessee senator Estes Kefauver, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Constitutional...
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