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Image courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Library, Audiovisual Collection, ARC Identifier: 200351
Image courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Library, Audiovisual Collection, ARC Identifier: 200351
Estes KefauverUnited States, 1903 - 1963

U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1949-1963)

U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 3rd District (1939-1949)

Carey Estes Kefauver (b. July 26, 1903, Monroe County, Tenn.-d. Aug. 10, 1963), a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Tennessee, graduated from the Yale University law school in 1927. He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Congress in 1939 and served until 1949 when he began serving in the U.S. Senate. Senator Kefauver gained national attention as chairman of the Special Committee on Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, known as the Kefauver Committee. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and 1956 and unsuccessful nominee for vice president of the U.S. in 1956 on the ticket with Adlai Stevenson.

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Ghost Writers in the Sky
1965.28.349
Reg Manning
ca. May 1960
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Handicapped
1973.1.548
ca. May 1956
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Do You See It Too, Estes?
1965.28.146
Gib Crockett
ca. May 1956
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Which One to Run With?
1965.28.218
Herc Ficklen
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Clinching the Argument
1965.28.81
Shaw McCutcheon
ca. March 1956
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Cartoon Drawing
1991.36.43
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