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Estes Kefauver

1903 - 1963

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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 U.S. Senate from 1949 until his death in 1963. He was the winner of most of the 1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries, though he was not nominated at the convention. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Estes Kefauver is the 17,599th most popular politician (up from 17,666th in 2024), the 12,468th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,046th in 2019) and the 945th most popular American Politician.

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Among people born in 1903, Estes Kefauver ranks 355. Before him are Roy Acuff, Josephine Hutchinson, Ray Noble, Santiago Benítez, Jan van Diepenbeek, and Lennox Berkeley. After him are José Miracca, Kathryn McGuire, Binnie Barnes, June Marlowe, Big Joe Williams, and Tampa Red. Among people deceased in 1963, Estes Kefauver ranks 216. Before him are Désiré Beaurain, Herbert H. Lehman, Hubert Gough, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Luis Pérez, and Edward Charles Titchmarsh. After him are Thomas Griffith Taylor, Oliver La Farge, Monty Woolley, Ernie Davis, Hooley Smith, and Louis MacNeice.

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Estes Kefauver ranks 945. Before him are Johnny Isakson (1944), Laura Kelly (1950), Ted Sorensen (1928), Deb Fischer (1951), Frank Church (1924), and Juanita M. Kreps (1921). After him are Mike Beebe (1946), John W. Davis (1873), Paul Nitze (1907), Nellie Connally (1919), Tom Ridge (1945), and Janet Napolitano (1957).

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