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Estes Kefauver

1903 - 1963

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Carey Estes Kefauver ( EST-iss KEE-faw-vər; July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1939 to 1949 and in the U.S. Senate from 1949 until his death in 1963. After leading a much-publicized investigation into organized crime in the early 1950s, he twice sought his party's nomination for President of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Estes Kefauver has received more than 1,011,570 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Estes Kefauver is the 17,691st most popular politician, the 13,042nd most popular biography from United States and the 902nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Estes Kefauver ranks 17,691 out of 19,576. Before him are Saleh Ali al-Sammad, Chiril Gaburici, Panos Kammenos, Augustin Matata Ponyo, Nick Leeson, and Tomasi Puapua. After him are Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, Button Gwinnett, Mary Lou McDonald, Jim Jordan, George Stephanopoulos, and Lisa Paus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Estes Kefauver ranks 368. Before him are Ray Noble, Countee Cullen, Stuart Erwin, John Davis Lodge, Tampa Red, and Sybil Bauer. After him are Dorothy Mackaill, Barbara Bedford, Ralph Yarborough, Frankie Carle, Tiny Thompson, and Hooley Smith. Among people deceased in 1963, Estes Kefauver ranks 219. Before him are Thomas Griffith Taylor, Calvin Bricker, Björn Þórðarson, Wanda Hawley, Monty Woolley, and Jason Robards Sr.. After him are Oliver La Farge, James Kirkwood Sr., Louis MacNeice, Jack Hobbs, Hooley Smith, and Jean Brooks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Estes Kefauver ranks 13,042 out of 20,380. Before him are Cedric Maxwell (1955), Thomas Sadoski (1976), Kathryn C. Thornton (1952), Lawrence Taylor (1959), Bill Browder (1964), and Kyle Anderson (1993). After him are Rachel Brosnahan (1990), Domonique Simone (1971), Joanne Chory (1955), Carol Bartz (1948), Jonathan Tucker (1982), and Gerald Wilson (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Estes Kefauver ranks 902. Before him are Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747), Olympia Snowe (1947), Arthur Goldberg (1908), Ernest Gruening (1887), Payne Stewart (1957), and Isabella Abbott (1919). After him are Jim Jordan (1964), George Stephanopoulos (1961), Michelle Lujan Grisham (1959), Mike Crapo (1951), Johnny Isakson (1944), and Mark Warner (1954).

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