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Carey Estes Kefauver (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 Senate from 1949 until his death from a heart attack.
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 run for Vice President with Adlai Stevenson II. They were defeated by Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. Still holding his Senate seat, Kefauver was named chair of the U.S. Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee in 1957 and held that post until his death.
Estes Kefauver in The Hot War
Senator Estes Kefauver (1903-1952) of Tennessee was one of several Democrats who joined the race for the party's presidential nomination after Harry Truman decided not to run again in October 1951, as a consequence of the disastrous course of World War III. Many wondered if the country was willing to elect someone from the "wrong side" of the Mason-Dixon line.[1] Unfortunately, Kefauver and several of his rivals were killed in May 1952 when the Soviet Union successfully dropped two atomic bombs on Washington, DC.[2]
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| Political offices (OTL) | ||
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| Preceded by Samuel Davis McReynolds |
U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 3rd District 1939-1949 |
Succeeded by James B. Frazier Jr. |
| Preceded by A. Thomas Stewart |
U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Tennessee 1949-1963 |
Succeeded by Herbert S. Walters |
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| Preceded by John Sparkman |
Democratic Party vice presidential nominee 1956 (lost) |
Succeeded by Lyndon Johnson |
| Political offices (The Hot War) | ||
| Preceded by A. Thomas Stewart |
U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Tennessee 1949-1952 |
Succeeded by Unknown |
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