Tag: shivercrats

  • Kefauver and LBJ: Two Paths to Power

    Kefauver and LBJ: Two Paths to Power

    Estes Kefauver and Lyndon Johnson had a number of things in common: two liberal-leaning, ambitious Southern Democrats who joined the Senate in the same year. But their approach to politics – and the pursuit of power – couldn’t have been more different.

  • Lights, Camera, Action!

    Lights, Camera, Action!

    If you think the first presidential debate on TV was between Nixon and JFK, you’re off by four years. It was Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver who first took their case to the airwaves. Find out what they discussed – and how it showed the real differences between the candidates.