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Books. Estes Kefauver: A Biography. Charles L. Fontenay. Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1991 - Biography & Autobiography - 440 pages. Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2009 In the 1950s and early 1960s, Estes Kefauver was everywhere in politics and government. He ran for president twice, was the 1956 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee ...
Estes Kefauver: A Featured Biography. Born in Tennessee in 1903, Carey Estes Kefauver first came to Capitol Hill in 1939 as a representative from Tennessee's Third Congressional District, then won a seat in 1948 to the United States Senate, where he served from 1949 until his untimely death in 1963. In the Senate, Kefauver quickly gained ...
8 ott 2017 · Carey Estes Kefauver. U.S. Congressman and Senator Estes Kefauver was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1956. Kefauver was born in Madisonville and received his education at the University of Tennessee (1924) and Yale Law School (1927). He practiced law in Chattanooga (1927-39) and married Nancy Pigott, a native of Scotland, in 1935.
Estes Kefauver, a U.S. senator from Tennessee, introduced Senate Resolution 202 in January 1950, which called for a national investigation of organized crime. The rapid growth of crime syndicates in major cities across the United States meant an increase in illegal gambling, drug trafficking, EXTORTION , and prostitution.
10 nov 2020 · Senator Estes Kefauver, standing center, poses for a news photographer during the committee hearing in the federal courtroom in Las Vegas on November 15, 1950. Today, that courtroom is part of The Mob Museum. Associated Press. The U.S. Senate’s Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, chaired by Tennessee ...
When the Senate committee investigation of organized crime in America was televised in 1950-1951, Kefauver, as committee chairman, achieved instant national acclaim. Although he twice failed to win the presidential nomination, he ran for Vice President on the Democratic ticket in 1956.
Detroit scrap dealer Sam Perrone at a Kefauver Committee Senate crime investigation hearing Notes: Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
