by Ray Hill | Mar 16, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Senator Estes Kefauver had made a spirited bid for the 1952 Democratic presidential nomination, only to lose to a candidate who had never entered the first primary and remained coy until the last minute. Kefauver was profoundly disappointed but that did...
by Ray Hill | Mar 9, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Tennessee’s Estes Kefauver had won more primaries and votes than any other contender for the 1952 Democratic presidential nomination, yet he journeyed to Chicago uncertain of the outcome. One thing was certainly clear: he was bitterly opposed by President...
by Ray Hill | Mar 2, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill The publicity generated by the Kefauver Committee investigating crime had elevated Tennessee’s Senator Estes Kefauver into the limelight. It was one of the first Congressional hearings to be broadcast live over television and some twenty or...
by Ray Hill | Feb 23, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Aside from the dislike he endured from his senior colleague, K. D. McKellar, Estes Kefauver’s first few years in the United States Senate were reasonably pleasant. Kefauver, like McKellar, tended to constituent service and attending committee...
by Ray Hill | Feb 16, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
Estes Kefauver had quite nearly managed the impossible by getting himself elected to the United States Senate in 1948. Kefauver took advantage of E. H. Crump’s mistake in refusing to back Senator Tom Stewart for reelection. The state of the national Democratic Party...
by Ray Hill | Feb 9, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Congressman Estes Kefauver had seriously contemplated challenging Senator Kenneth D. McKellar in 1946. After exploring the possibility of running against McKellar, Kefauver decided the seventy-seven year old incumbent was still too strong to beat. ...
