Kefauver Dead: Nation Mourns Kefauver Famed Trust Buster
Kefauver Dead: Nation Mourns Kefauver Famed Trust Buster
Senator Carey Estes Kefauver was catapulted into nation-wide fame through the racket investigations he headed in 1951. His probing of the underworld led the next year to the Democratic convention where he sought the Presidential nomination. He lost out to Adlai Stevenson then and in 1956 was Vice-Presidential nominee. Senator Kefauver had a long and honorable career. His colleagues called him a public servant of the utmost integrity.
Kefauver Dead: Nation Mourns Kefauver Famed Trust Buster
Senator Estes Kefauver sitting in the Senate.
Kefauver Dead: Nation Mourns Kefauver Famed Trust Buster
MS - Senator Kefauver running for President disembarking from a plane.
Kefauver Dead: Nation Mourns Kefauver Famed Trust Buster
Senator Kefauver steps up to the podium waving a coon-skin-cap. MCUS - Senator Kefauver and his wife pose for pictures. MLS - In Chicago the Amphid Theater, Adlai Stevenson running for President and Kefauver as his running mate stand at the podium waving to the people at the Democratic Convention. CUS - Stevenson and Kefauver. CUS - Kefauver shaking hands.