Frank Edward McKinney Sr. (June 16, 1904 – January 9, 1974) was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1951 through 1952.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, McKinney served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
In addition to working as a banker and being active in Indiana politics, McKinney was a co-owner of several professional baseball teams, including the Louisville Colonels and his hometown Indianapolis Indians of the high-level minor-league American Association, and the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.
[1] One of McKinney's first acts as DNC chairman was to advocate all collectors of internal revenue be civil service, rather than political patronage, jobs.
McKinney was ousted from the DNC in 1952 by that year's presidential nominee, Adlai Stevenson.