Sen. Kenneth McKellar

Former Senator from Tennessee

Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
1947-1952	Senator	Tennessee
1935-1946	Senator	Tennessee
1923-1934	Senator	Tennessee
1917-1923	Senator	Tennessee
1915-1917	Representative	Tennessee's 10^th District
1911-1915	Representative	Tennessee's 10^th District

Voting Record

From Mar 1917 to Jul 1952, McKellar missed 570 of 5,439 roll call votes, which is 10.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jul 1952. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1917 Apr-Jun	61	2	3.3%	0^th
1917 Jul-Sep	103	0	0.0%	0^th
1917 Oct-Oct	11	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	1	2.9%	0^th
1918 Mar-May	54	3	5.6%	0^th
1918 Jun-Aug	42	1	2.4%	0^th
1918 Sep-Nov	19	2	10.5%	0^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	3	5.5%	0^th
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	1	3.2%	0^th
1919 Nov-Nov	80	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	5	8.9%	0^th
1920 Mar-May	103	11	10.7%	0^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	2	2.3%	0^th
1921 Apr-Jun	64	12	18.8%	0^th
1921 Jul-Sep	39	6	15.4%	0^th
1921 Oct-Nov	90	3	3.3%	0^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	2	5.0%	50^th
1922 Mar-May	199	112	56.3%	0^th
1922 Jun-Aug	215	140	65.1%	0^th
1922 Sep-Sep	15	8	53.3%	0^th
1922 Nov-Nov	13	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	71	7	9.9%	0^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	1	100.0%	0^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	54	8	14.8%	67^th
1924 Mar-May	86	1	1.2%	0^th
1924 Jun-Jun	18	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	77	3	3.9%	0^th
1926 Jan-Feb	59	1	1.7%	0^th
1926 Mar-May	51	5	9.8%	0^th
1926 Jun-Jul	38	4	10.5%	0^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	77	4	5.2%	0^th
1925 Mar-Mar	11	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	125	12	9.6%	40^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	17	25.8%	80^th
1929 May-Jun	36	3	8.3%	60^th
1929 Sep-Sep	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	2	3.6%	40^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	100	16	16.0%	40^th
1930 Mar-May	142	31	21.8%	80^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	63	4	6.3%	0^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	63	6	9.5%	50^th
1932 Mar-May	90	43	47.8%	83^rd
1932 Jun-Jul	64	15	23.4%	67^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	63	2	3.2%	0^th
1933 Mar-Jun	97	10	10.3%	56^th
1934 Jan-Jun	129	3	2.3%	10^th
1933 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	10	27.0%	82^nd
1935 Apr-Jun	49	1	2.0%	0^th
1935 Jul-Aug	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1936 Jan-Jun	61	2	3.3%	0^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Apr-Jun	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Jul-Aug	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Nov-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	81	1	1.2%	0^th
1939 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jul-Aug	41	2	4.9%	18^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	44	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Apr-Jun	64	1	1.6%	0^th
1940 Jul-Sep	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	15	48.4%	93^rd
1941 Jul-Sep	23	1	4.3%	18^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	23	1	4.3%	17^th
1942 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	21^st
1942 Jul-Sep	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	3	12.5%	28^th
1943 Jan-Mar	20	4	20.0%	64^th
1943 Apr-Jun	51	3	5.9%	36^th
1943 Jul-Sep	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	30	1	3.3%	30^th
1944 Jan-Mar	51	4	7.8%	24^th
1944 Apr-Jun	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Aug-Sep	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	75	3	4.0%	55^th
1946 Jul-Aug	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	74	1	1.4%	34^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	86	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	82	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	55	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	85	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	70	4	5.7%	81^st
1951 Jul-Sep	94	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	6	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. Kenneth McKellar [D-TN, 1947-1952] leaves office as Senator from Tennessee

Jul 7, 1952

Elections and Offices

Sen. Kenneth McKellar [D-TN, 1947-1952] takes office as Senator from Tennessee

Jan 3, 1947

Elections and Offices

Sen. Kenneth McKellar [D-TN, 1947-1952] leaves office as Senator from Tennessee

Aug 2, 1946

Elections and Offices

Sen. Kenneth McKellar [D-TN, 1947-1952] takes office as Senator from Tennessee

Jan 3, 1935

Elections and Offices

Sen. Kenneth McKellar [D-TN, 1947-1952] leaves office as Senator from Tennessee

Jun 18, 1934