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==1952==
==1952==
===Kefauver v. Stevenson===
===Kefauver v. Stevenson===
[[Tennessee]] Sen. [[Estes Kefauver]] won twelve of the then fifteen presidential party primaries, but the nomination went to the choice of the party bosses, [[Adlai Stevenson]].
[[Tennessee]] Sen. [[Estes Kefauver]] won twelve of the then fifteen presidential party primaries, but the nomination went to the choice of the party bosses, [[Illinois]] Gov. [[Adlai Stevenson]]. These bosses including President [[Harry Truman]], strongly disliked Kefauver; his investigations of organized crime had revealed connections between [[Mafia]] figures and many of the big-city Democratic political organizations.<ref name="McKeever, p. 186">(McKeever, p. 186)</ref> The party bosses thus viewed Kefauver as a maverick who could not be trusted, and they refused to support him for the nomination.<ref name="McKeever, p. 186"/>
==1948==
==1948==