ESTES KEFAUVER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/22/1946 - HFSID 286550
Price: $180.00
ESTES KEFAUVER
Future U.S. Senator and Vice Presidential candidate writes heartfelt
letter to friend while still a Congressmen
Typed Letter Signed: "Estes".1 page. 8½x11.On letterhead of
Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, Washington D.C.
1946, July 22. To Mr. Martin Taylor, Attorney, New York, New york. In
Full: "Dear Martin: This is just a note to tell you how much I enjoyed
being with you on our visit to Manila. It certainly was a lot of fun and I
wouldn't have missed it for anything in the world. Whenever you are in
Washington be sure and let me know. With best wishes, Sincerely,"Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee
from 1949 until his death. He had previously been a U.S. Representative from
the state from 1938 until his election to the Senate, which ended "Boss" Edward
H. Crump's domination of Tennessee politics. Kefauver gained national
recognition for chairing the Special committee on Organized Crime in Interstate
Commerce, commonly known as the "Kefauver Committee" (1950-1951). He was an
unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and
1956, but in 1956, he became the Democratic candidate for Vice President on
the ticket headed by Adlai Stevenson, which was defeated in an Eisenhower
landslide. Two filing holes at left edge. 2 horizontal mail fold creases.
Otherwise fine condition.
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