Legacy
McKellar wrote a book about his Tennessee predecessors in the Senate called Tennessee Senators as Seen by One of Their Successors (1942). In recent years it has been updated by one of his successors, former Senate Majority Leader Dr. Bill Frist.
Some have speculated that Senator McKellar was the inspiration for the character of South Carolina Senator Seabright Cooley in Allen Drury's novel Advise and Consent.
Lake McKellar, bordering the Memphis President's Island industrial area along the Mississippi River and McKellar Airport in Jackson, Tennessee ("MKL") are both named in his honor.
McKellar is interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. He was portrayed by actor Ed Bruce in the film Public Enemies (2009) and Michael O'Neill in the film J. Edgar (2011).
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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