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Kenneth Douglas McKellar (January 29, 1869 – October 25, 1957) was an American politician from Tennessee who served as a United States Representative from 1911 until 1917 and as a United States Senator from 1917 until 1953.
Oct 8, 2017 · With his seniority as chairman of the Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and as a ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, McKellar controlled countless jobs through federal programs which operated during the New Deal and World War II.
McKellar remains Tennessee’s longest-serving U. S. senator and no other Tennessean has served the Volunteer State in Congress longer. Hull holds the record as the longest-serving Secretary of State in our country’s history. Both men, as befitting a Tennessean, were to be reckoned with in a feud.
Tennessee’s Senator Kenneth D. McKellar was seventy-seven years old in 1946 when he sought reelection for a sixth term. McKellar had been ailing, although he seemed busier than ever, quite a feat for a man who had always possessed extraordinary nervous energy.
The two most enduring political figures in Tennessee’s modern history are Kenneth McKellar and Cordell Hull. McKellar holds the record in Tennessee for the longest tenure in Congress at forty-two years; K. D. McKellar remains Tennessee’s longest-serving United States senator at thirty-six years.
May 17, 2024 · Sen. Kenneth McKellar. Former Senator for Tennessee. McKellar was a senator from Tennessee and was a Democrat. He served from 1923 to 1952.
1869-1957. Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Senate Years of Service: 1917-1953Party: Democrat McKELLAR Kenneth Douglas , a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born in Richmond, Dallas County, Ala.
