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==Political career==

==Political career==

In 1939, he won the special election to fill the 3rd congressional district seat vacated by the death of fellow Democrat Sam D. McReynolds. In 1948, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, having unseated A. Thomas Stewart on the Democratic primary and won additional terms in 1954 and 1960, when his former rival Richard Nixon lost the pesidential race but carried Tennessee in the race against [[John F. Kennedy]], whom Kefauver had beaten for the vice-presidential slot in 1956.

In 1939, he won the special election to fill the 3rd congressional district seat vacated by the death of fellow Democrat Sam D. McReynolds.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385462 TN District 3 - Special Election Race - Sep 13, 1939]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 28, 2021.</ref> In 1948, he was elected to the U.S. Senate,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89838 TN US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 28, 2021.</ref> having unseated A. Thomas Stewart on the Democratic primary<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377337 TN US Senate - D Primary Race - Aug 04, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 28, 2021.</ref> and won additional terms in 1954<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89837 TN US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1954]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 28, 2021.</ref> and 1960,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=62090 TN US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1960]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 28, 2021.</ref> when his former rival Richard Nixon lost the presidential race but carried Tennessee in the race against [[John F. Kennedy]], whom Kefauver had beaten for the vice-presidential slot in 1956.

In the 1948 Senate campaign, Kefauver began wearing a coonskin cap, seven years before the [[Walt Disney]] [[television]] series ran a multi-part presentation on [[Davy Crockett]], the 19th century Tennessean who died at [[The Alamo]]; Disney cast Fess Parker to portray Crockett. Kefauver began wearing the camp to protest the role of [[Mayor]] Edward Crump of [[Memphis]] in the campaign. Crump, often called "Boss Crump," had accused Kefauver of being a "fellow traveler" and of working for the "pinkos and [[Communism|communists]]" with the sneakiness of a [[raccoon]].  

In the 1948 Senate campaign, Kefauver began wearing a coonskin cap, seven years before the [[Walt Disney]] [[television]] series ran a multi-part presentation on [[Davy Crockett]], the 19th century Tennessean who died at [[The Alamo]]; Disney cast Fess Parker to portray Crockett. Kefauver began wearing the camp to protest the role of [[Mayor]] Edward Crump of [[Memphis]] in the campaign. Crump, often called "Boss Crump," had accused Kefauver of being a "fellow traveler" and of working for the "pinkos and [[Communism|communists]]" with the sneakiness of a [[raccoon]].