TENNESSEE SENATOR ESTES KEFAUVER DEAD OF HEART ATTACK
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On the morning of August 10, 1963, Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver* died of a heart attack here in the Nation's Capital.
The sixty year old Democrat experienced a rupture of the main heart artery, or aorta.
Senator Kefauver defeated Senator John F. Kennedy for the Democratic Vice-Presidential nomination in 1956.
The Senator was chairman of the Senate Crime Investigating Committee and conducted investigations into America's drug industry.
JFK+50 NOTE
I had the pleasure of meeting Senator Kefauver in his office on Capitol Hill in the summer of 1962. Standing between my Dad & Uncle, when I got a chance to say something I said "I would love to meet President Kennedy." That was not a very wise thing for me to say, but I was 14 years old and assumed all Democrats were big buddies. His expression was like "get this kid out of here."
Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) was born in Madisonville, Tennessee & earned his B.A. at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) in 1924, & his L.L.B. at Yale University in 1927. CEK served in the U.S. House of Representatives 1939-1949 & US Senate 1949-1963.
SOURCES
"Senator Kefauver Dies of Heart Attack," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 10, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
