Kenneth Douglas McKellar

Senator from Tennessee

SENATEDEMOCRAT1911–1953ID M000499

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 3,043 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 3,043 · both combined

Steepest move

+25 pts

1947 → 1949

still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1911191719231929193519411947

1951–5282nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

76.2%with Democrats

of 172 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +25 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Jul 5, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 5, 1952S. 1084No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5767), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 1, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 172 contested votes scored in the 82nd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

21 Congresses

62nd · 191165th · 191782nd · 1951

Democrat · House · TN62nd–64th

Democrat · Senate · TN65th–82nd

Term datesexact

Kenneth Douglas McKellar

Senator from Tennessee

SENATED1911–195321 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

86.1%with Democrats

of 3,043 votes · 13.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 3,043 · combined

Steepest move+25 pts1947→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111951

1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 172 votes76.2%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 172 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

62nd · 191182nd · 1951

Democrat62nd–64th

Democrat65th–82nd

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th