Tag: nancy kefauver
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A Real Ladies’ Man
Estes Kefauver took women seriously – as voters and as campaign workers. In his time, that was rarer that it seemed.
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He Never Fixed the Washing Machine
In Kefauver’s home life and his political life, he often started projects he couldn’t finish. Why was that?
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Sing Along with Keef, Part 4: “Kefauver Is His Name”
What do Estes Kefauver, Perry Como, and Three’s Company have in common? Ray Charles! No, not that one.
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An Ode to Nancy, Kefauver’s Wife and “Secret Weapon”
Nancy Kefauver was the ideal partner for Estes. She was a loving wife and mother, a brilliant household manager… but also a talented artist, a capable campaigner, and a certified charmer.
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“Seventeen Days to Victory”: Democrats’ Televised Hollywood Spectacular
A couple weeks before their landslide loss, the Stevenson-Kefauver campaign held a star-studded coast-to-coast gala event. Was it a waste of money… or a preview of future campaigns?
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Sing Along with Keef, Part 3: “The Long, Tall Guy in the Coonskin Cap”
This is a story about one of Kefauver’s campaign songs. But it’s although the story of the plucky Nashville songwriter who leveraged the song’s success to become a D.C. society queen,
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Bye Bye, Shanghai: The Kefauvers’ Strangest Pet
The Kefauver family loved pets. At various times, the family had a veritable menagerie of animals around the home, including dogs, cats, birds, mice, and even… a skunk?
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Shaking Up Politics, One Hand at a Time
Estes Kefauver’s campaigning failed to win the Presidency. But even as he lost, he pioneered a new form of Presidential campaigning… and he started the momentum to let the voters decide the nominee.
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If You Go Chasing Rabbits: Solving a Photographic Mystery
Follow me as I track down the story behind a magazine photograph. I try to figure out not only where Kefauver was… but when and why
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Campaign 1948: Kefauver Beats the Machine and Enters the Senate
Let’s go back to where it all began. In Estes Kefauver’s first campaign for the Senate, he took down a powerful political machine, earned the national spotlight… and gained a symbol that stuck with him.
