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Kefauver
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Ke·fau·ver  (kfôvr), (Carey) Estes 1903-1963.
American politician. A U.S. representative (1939-1949) and senator (1949-1963) from Tennessee, he directed a highly publicized investigation into organized crime (1950-1951).
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The building itself is already part of mob lore, having staged a 1950 hearing held by the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce into organised crime spearheaded by Tennessee senator Estes Kefauver.
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