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'''Edward Eugene McAteer, Sr.''', known as '''Ed McAteer''' (July 29, 1926 – October 6, 2004), was a [[business]]man from his native [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], who in 1979 founded the [[Religious Roundtable]], a group affiliated with the [[Christian right]] which sought to meld [[conservatives]] of faith into an active role in [[United States|American]] politics.

'''Edward Eugene McAteer, Sr.''', known as '''Ed McAteer''' (July 29, 1926 – October 6, 2004), was a [[business]]man from his native [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], who in 1979 founded the Religious Roundtable, a group affiliated with the [[Christian right]] which sought to meld [[conservatives]] of faith into an active role in [[United States|American]] politics.

==Background==

==Background==

McAteer was converted to [[Jesus Christ]] at the age of fourteen.<ref name=bpnews/> He attended but did not graduate from  [[Memphis State University]] and briefly attended a law school.<ref name=nyt/> He served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and was a survivor of the first ship sunk by a [[Japan]]ese [[kamikaze]] plane in 1945. He was a former Golden Gloves boxer in Memphis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.memphisflyer.com/JacksonBaker/archives/2004/10/06/ed-mcateer-christian-conservative|title=Ed McAteer: Christian Conservative: Genial activist had friendships across social and political lines|publisaher=''Memphis Flyer''|date=October 6. 2004|accessdate=May 27, 2016}]<ref>

McAteer was converted to [[Jesus Christ]] at the age of fourteen.<ref name=bpnews/> He attended but did not graduate from  [[Memphis State University]] and briefly attended a law school.<ref name=nyt/> He served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and was a survivor of the first ship sunk by a [[Japan]]ese [[kamikaze]] plane in 1945. He was a former Golden Gloves boxer in Memphis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.memphisflyer.com/JacksonBaker/archives/2004/10/06/ed-mcateer-christian-conservative|title=Ed McAteer: Christian Conservative: Genial activist had friendships across social and political lines|publisaher=''Memphis Flyer''|date=October 6. 2004|accessdate=May 27, 2016}}<ref>

For more than twenty years, McAteer was  a sales manager for the southeastern states for [[Colgate-Palmolive]]. He left the firm in 1976 to devote full time to conservative causes.<ref name=nyt/>

For more than twenty years, McAteer was  a sales manager for the southeastern states for [[Colgate-Palmolive]]. He left the firm in 1976 to devote full time to conservative causes.<ref name=nyt/>