Estes Kefauver, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Estes Kefauver

American politician

Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1903

Place of Birth: Madisonville, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 10-Aug-1963

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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 Senate from 1949 until 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.