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Estes Kefauver

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 26, 1903 near Madisonville, TN
Died: August 10, 1963 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • University of Tennessee, 1924
  • Yale University Law School, 1927

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • TN Commissioner of Finance and Taxation, 1939

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for TN Senate, 1936
  • Candidate for Democrat presidential nomination, 1952, 1956
  • Candidate for Vice-President, 1956



Key Senate Vote Data for Estes Kefauver in 1963


Key vote data shown on this page comes from the American Conservative Union (ACU/CPAC) and Voteview.


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DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position
Kefauver
Voted
1963-01-31 Amend Cloture Rule Agreed To
(53-42)
Motion to table the question as to whether the Senate could close debate by majority vote under the Constitution when considering a change in the rules at the beginning of a session, notwithstanding the existing Senate rules that require a vote of two-thirds of the Senators present to close debate.

1963-04-03 Collective Bargaining [S6] Rejected
(41-56)
Tower (R-TX) amendment prohibiting the government from encouraging "the continuation of collective bargaining rights" for transit workers (as a condition of aid) if such bargaining would be inconsistent with state or local law.

1963-04-03 Mass Transit Grants [S6] Rejected
(41-57)
Lausche (D-OH) amendment to delete all provisions authorizing grants for mass transit assistance.

1963-04-09 Wilderness Areas [S4] Rejected
(35-49)
Dominick (R-CO) amendment to require positive Congressional approval (instead of a veto power) before the President's recommendations respecting wilderness areas can take effect.

1963-04-10 Youth Conservation Corps [S1] Rejected
(41-47)
Prouty (R-VT) amendment to delete Title I, providing for establishment of a Youth Conservation Corps.

1963-06-11 Ease Child Labor Restrictions [S523] Rejected
(36-53)
No Vote
Tower (R-TX) amendment to permit children of any age to be employed by persons related to them by blood or marriage, instead of only by parents or guardians.

1963-07-24 Soviet Office Establishment [S646] Agreed To
(59-23)
Mansfield (D-MT) motion to table the Curtis (R-NE) amendment to make the ban on chanceries (business offices) in residential areas of Washington retroactive to Jan. 31, 1963 instead of effective upon enactment of the bill. The amendment was directed at a pending Soviet Union request for a zoning permit for a chancery.

1963-08-07 Reduce/Restrict Unemployment Grants [HR5888] Rejected
(33-49)
Lausche (D-OH) amendment to reduce from $425 million to $400 million the funds to be transferred from the unemployment trust fund for grants to states for unemployment compensation payments and administration of the U.S. Employment Service, and prohibit use of the funds for advertising or publicity.



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