Estes Kefauver

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Estes Kefauver was a prominent mid-20th-century American Democratic senator from Tennessee known for his high-profile investigations into organized crime and his reformist, anti-corruption stance.

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instanceOf American politician
United States senator
human
burialPlace Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
chairpersonOf United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce NERFINISHED
committeeNickname Kefauver Committee NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1903-07-26
dateOfDeath 1963-08-10
educatedAt University of Tennessee NERFINISHED
Yale Law School
endTime 1963-08-10
familyName Kefauver NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork antitrust law
consumer protection
organized crime investigation
fullName Carey Estes Kefauver NERFINISHED
givenName Carey NERFINISHED
Estes NERFINISHED
houseServiceEnd 1949-01-03
houseServiceStart 1939-01-03
knownFor anti-corruption stance
chairing the Kefauver Committee
investigations into organized crime
reformist politics
legislativeFocus monopoly control
pharmaceutical regulation
memberOf United States Senate
notableAchievement helped popularize televised congressional hearings
won numerous Democratic presidential primaries in 1952
numberOfChildren 4
occupation lawyer
politician
placeOfBirth Monroe County, Tennessee NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland NERFINISHED
politicalParty Democratic Party
positionHeld United States senator from Tennessee
presidentialCampaignYear 1952
1956
previousPositionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee
ranForOffice President of the United States
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
represented Tennessee NERFINISHED
soughtNominationFrom Democratic Party NERFINISHED
sponsored Kefauver–Harris Drug Amendments NERFINISHED
spouse Nancy Pigott Kefauver NERFINISHED
startTime 1949-01-03

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