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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.
8 de oct. de 2017 · He was reelected in 1912 and 1914. With Democrat majorities in the House of Representatives and with Southern Democrats in both houses of Congress enjoying their greatest influence in national affairs since before the Civil War, McKellar began his congressional career at an opportune time.
Kenneth Douglas McKellar (29 de enero de 1869 -25 de octubre de 1957) fue un político estadounidense de Tennessee que sirvió como Representante de los Estados Unidos desde 1911 hasta 1917 y como Senador de los Estados Unidos desde 1917 hasta 1953.
The U.S. Senate In The Age of McKellar: 1917 – 1953 | The Knoxville Focus. By Ray Hill. Senator McKellar, as President of the Senate, signing his name to a bill, 1946. Kenneth Douglas McKellar arrived in the United States Senate in 1917 and it was a much sleepier place than it would become a few decades later.
Kenneth McKellar was an established political figure in Memphis and Shelby County well before Edward Hull Crump had consolidated his power base. McKellar proved to be a popular congressman and he had accumulated a nest egg that in today’s dollars would be worth around $7.5 million.
Kenneth Douglas McKELLAR, Congress, TN (1869-1957) Senate Years of Service: 1917-1953. Party: Democrat. McKELLAR Kenneth Douglas , a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born in Richmond, Dallas County, Ala., January 29, 1869; received private instruction from his parents and his sister; graduated from the University of Alabama at ...
Yet Tennessee’s longest tenure in Congress belongs to Kenneth Douglas McKellar, who served 42 years as a member of the House and the United States Senate. McKellar served 36 years in the U.S. Senate, longer than any other Tennessean.
