Later Years
McKay resigned as Secretary of the Interior in order to challenge incumbent Wayne Morse for his seat in the United States Senate. McKay lost what became a fierce campaign, in no small measure because of the opposition he had engendered among Oregon conservation groups.
McKay died in Salem and and is interred there at Belcrest Memorial Park. Salem's Douglas McKay High School, built in 1979, bears his name.
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