Kefauver
Americannoun
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Kefauver lost, but his campaign was influential in starting the process of making primaries paramount in choosing presidents, leading journalist Theodore H. White to dub Kefauver "the godfather of the American presidential primary system."
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2024
Back in the 1950s, there was the Kefauver Committee, which was a famous 13-, 14-city tour by Senator Estes Kefauver, and he went around and he interviewed a number of organized crime figures.
From Slate • May 26, 2023
Truman announced on March 29, 1952, that he would not seek a second full term after losing in the New Hampshire primary to Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee.
From Washington Times • May 2, 2023
Authorities later identified the two men as homeowner Ralph Thomas Wallace, 77, and his friend, Moo Saw Kefauver, 42.
From Fox News • Aug. 6, 2020
The interim report of the Kefauver Committee strongly indicts crime and horror comics and gives some revolting illustrations of their contents.
From Report of the Juvenile Delinquency Committee by Algie, R. M. (Ronald Macmillan)
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