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| | | image=Estes Kefauver TN.jpg | | | image=Estes Kefauver TN.jpg |
| | | nationality=[[United States|American]] | | | nationality=[[United States|American]] |
| − | | party=[[Democratic Party|Democratic]] | + | | party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] |
| − | |office=[[U.S. Senator]] from [[Tennessee]]
| + | | office=[[U.S. Senator]] from [[Tennessee]] |
| | | term_start=January 3, 1949 | | | term_start=January 3, 1949 |
| | | term_end=August 10, 1963 | | | term_end=August 10, 1963 |
| | | preceded=A. Thomas Stewart | | | preceded=A. Thomas Stewart |
| | | succeeded=Herbert S. Walters (appointed) | | | succeeded=Herbert S. Walters (appointed) |
| − | | office2=[[U.S. Representative]] for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district | + | | office2=[[U.S. Representative]] for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District |
| | | term_start2=September 13, 1939 | | | term_start2=September 13, 1939 |
| | | term_end2=January 3, 1949 | | | term_end2=January 3, 1949 |
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| | | religion=[[Baptist]] | | | religion=[[Baptist]] |
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| | '''Carey Estes Kefauver''', known as '''Estes Kefauver''' (July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963), was an avowedly [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native U.S. state of [[Tennessee]]. Kefauver was his party's [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] nominee in 1956, but he and party standard bearer [[Adlai Stevenson|Adlai Ewing Stevenson, II]], lost the general election to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]]. | | '''Carey Estes Kefauver''', known as '''Estes Kefauver''' (July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963), was an avowedly [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native U.S. state of [[Tennessee]]. Kefauver was his party's [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] nominee in 1956, but he and party standard bearer [[Adlai Stevenson|Adlai Ewing Stevenson, II]], lost the general election to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]]. |
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