Carey Estes Kefauver Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Carey Estes Kefauver (/ˈɛstɨs ˈkiːfɔːvər/; 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 to his death in 1963.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 be the running mate of presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. Still holding his U.S. Senate seat after the Stevenson–Kefauver ticket lost to the Eisenhower–Nixon ticket in 1956, Kefauver was named chair of the U.S. Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee in 1957 and served as its chairman until his death.
Known for campaigning in a coonskin cap. He stopped doing this when "Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier' came out and made the hats popular with children
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Ended Harry Truman's career in 1952 by defeating the incumbent President in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. Truman announced he would not serve another term as President a few weeks later.
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U.S. Representative from Tennessee (September 13, 1939 - January 3, 1949); U.S. Senator from Tennessee (January 3, 1949 - August 10, 1963).
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Democratic nominee for U.S. vice president in 1956.
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When The Captive City (1952) was released, Senator Kefauver was chairman of the Special Committee on Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce (known as the "Kefauver Committee").
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mad at the World
1955
Himself, Pre-Title Prologue (as Senator Estes Kefauver)
See It Now
1952-1954
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Captive City
1952
Himself (uncredited)
Longines Chronoscope
1952
TV Series
Himself - U.S. Senator
Kefauver Investigation
1951
Documentary
Himself (as Senator Estes Kefauver)
What's My Line?
1951
TV Series
Himself - Mystery Guest
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bettie Page Reveals All
2012
Documentary
Himself
Biography
1996-2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Mobsters
2007-2008
TV Series
Himself
American Experience
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The Sweet Science
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
1969
TV Movie
Himself
Crisis in Morality
1962
Documentary short
Himself - US Senator
See It Now
1952
TV Series documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1952
Special Achievement Award
Primetime Emmy Awards
For outstanding public service on television.
Known for movies
Mad at the World (1955) as Himself, Pre-Title Prologue
$16 Million
