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List of United States senators from Tennessee

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Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. Its United States Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1862 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from July 1866. Tennessee's current senators are Republicans Marsha Blackburn (since 2019) and Bill Hagerty (since 2021). Kenneth McKellar was Tennessee's longest-serving senator (1917–1953).

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" | Jun 1, 1796 – Aug 2, 1796 | Tennessee did not elect its senators until two months after statehood. | Tennessee did not elect its senators until two months after statehood. | Jun 1, 1796 – Aug 2, 1796

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 1 William Cocke Sep 26, 1797 | Elected in 1796. Jul 8, 1797 William Blount ! rowspan=2 | 1

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| nowrap | Jul 8, 1797 – Sep 26, 1797

|- style="height:2em" ! 2 Andrew Jackson | | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | Sep 26, 1797 – Apr 1, 1798 | Elected to finish Cocke's term.Resigned. Mar 3, 1799 Joseph Anderson ! rowspan=3 | 2

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Apr 1, 1798 – Oct 6, 1798 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 3 | | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | Oct 6, 1798 – Mar 3, 1799 | Appointed to finish Jackson's term.Retired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=14 | 4 Joseph Anderson Mar 3, 1803 | Mar 3, 1805 William Cocke ! rowspan=4 | 3

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1803 – Sep 22, 1803 | Legislature failed to elect.

|- style="height:2em" Joseph Anderson Mar 3, 1809

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 31, 1809 ! rowspan=3 | 4

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|- style="height:2em" Apr 11, 1809

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| nowrap | Apr 1, 1809 – Apr 11, 1809

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1815 | Elected to finish Smith's term. Oct 8, 1811 ! rowspan=2 | 5

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected early in 1809.Resigned.

|- style="height:2em" Feb 11, 1814 George W. Campbell ! rowspan=2 | 6

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| nowrap | Feb 12, 1814 – Mar 16, 1814

|- style="height:2em" Oct 10, 1815 ! rowspan=2 | 7

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1815 – Oct 10, 1815 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 5 George W. Campbell Apr 20, 1818 | Elected to finish Whiteside's term.Legislature failed to elect. Mar 3, 1823 John Williams ! rowspan=7 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Apr 20, 1818 – Sep 27, 1818 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 6 John Eaton Mar 4, 1821

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1821 – Sep 27, 1821 | Legislature failed to elect.

|- style="height:2em" John Eaton Mar 9, 1829

|- style="height:2em" | Oct 14, 1825 | | Democratic-Republican Andrew Jackson ! rowspan=2 | 9

|- style="height:2em" | | Jacksonian

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| nowrap | Oct 15, 1825 – Oct 27, 1825

|- style="height:2em" Jan 13, 1840 Hugh Lawson White ! rowspan=13 | 10

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 9, 1829 – Oct 19, 1829 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 7 Felix Grundy Jul 4, 1838

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|- style="height:2em" | | | National Republican

|- style="height:2em" | | Democratic

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jul 5, 1838 – Sep 16, 1838 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 8 Ephraim H. Foster | | Whig | nowrap | Sep 17, 1838 – Mar 3, 1839 | Elected to finish Grundy's term.Re-elected but declined to serve the next term.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 3, 1839 – Nov 19, 1839 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 9 Felix Grundy Dec 19, 1840

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| nowrap | Jan 13, 1840 – Feb 25, 1840

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1841 Alexander O. Anderson ! rowspan=3 | 11

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Dec 19, 1840 – Dec 25, 1840 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 10 Alfred O. P. Nicholson Feb 7, 1842

|- style="height:2em" Oct 17, 1843

|- style="height:2em" Oct 17, 1843

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|- style="height:2em" ! 11 Ephraim H. Foster | | Whig | nowrap | Oct 17, 1843 – Mar 3, 1845 | Elected to finish Grundy's term.Retired or lost re-election. Mar 3, 1847 Spencer Jarnagin ! rowspan=2 | 12

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 12 Hopkins L. Turney Mar 3, 1851 |

|- style="height:2em" | Legislature failed to elect. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1847 – Nov 21, 1847

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1859 John Bell ! rowspan=7 | 13

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 13 James C. Jones Mar 3, 1857 |

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1857 – Oct 8, 1857 | Legislature failed to elect.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 14 Andrew Johnson Mar 4, 1862

|- style="height:2em" | | Elected in 1858.Withdrew in anticipation of secession. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1859 – Mar 3, 1861 | | Democratic Alfred O. P. Nicholson ! 14

|- style="height:2em" Jul 24, 1866

|- style="height:2em" Jul 24, 1866

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 15 David T. Patterson | | Unionist Mar 3, 1869 Mar 3, 1871 | | Unionist Joseph S. Fowler ! rowspan=3 | 15

|- style="height:2em" | | Democratic |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 16 Parson Brownlow Mar 3, 1875 |

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1877 Henry Cooper ! rowspan=6 | 16

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|- style="height:2em" ! 17 Andrew Johnson | | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 4, 1875 – Jul 31, 1875 | Elected in 1875.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jul 31, 1875 – Aug 18, 1875 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 18 David M. Key | | Democratic | nowrap | Aug 18, 1875 – Jan 19, 1877 | Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Lost election to finish Johnson's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 19 James E. Bailey Mar 3, 1881

|- style="height:2em" | Jul 8, 1897 Isham G. Harris ! rowspan=13 | 17

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 20 Howell Jackson Apr 14, 1886 |

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Apr 14, 1886 – Apr 16, 1886 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 21 Washington Whitthorne | | Democratic | nowrap | Apr 16, 1886 – Mar 3, 1887 | Appointed to finish Jackson's term.Retired to serve in the U.S. House.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 22 William B. Bate Mar 9, 1905 |

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| nowrap | Jul 9, 1897 – Jul 19, 1897

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1901 Thomas B. Turley ! rowspan=2 | 18

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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1907 Edward W. Carmack ! rowspan=5 | 19

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1905.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 10, 1905 – Mar 20, 1905 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 23 James B. Frazier Mar 3, 1911

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 31, 1912 Robert Love Taylor ! rowspan=3 | 20

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 24 Luke Lea Mar 3, 1917

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| nowrap | Apr 1, 1912 – Apr 10, 1912

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Taylor's term.Retired when his successor was elected. | nowrap | Apr 11, 1912 – Jan 24, 1913 | | Republican Newell Sanders ! 21

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Taylor's term.Retired. | nowrap | Jan 24, 1913 – Mar 3, 1913 | | Democratic William R. Webb ! 22

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1925 John K. Shields ! rowspan=6 | 23

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=23 | 25 Kenneth McKellar Jan 3, 1953 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Aug 24, 1929 Lawrence Tyson ! rowspan=3 | 24

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| nowrap | Aug 25, 1929 – Sep 1, 1929

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Tyson's term.Elected in 1930 to finish Tyson's term.Retired. | nowrap | Sep 2, 1929 – Mar 3, 1931 | | Democratic William E. Brock ! 25

|- style="height:2em" | | Elected in 1930.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1931 – Mar 3, 1933 | | Democratic Cordell Hull ! 26

|- style="height:2em" | Apr 23, 1937 Nathan L. Bachman ! rowspan=3 | 27

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1936.Died.

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| nowrap | Apr 24, 1937 – May 5, 1937

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Bachman's term.Retired when his successor was elected. | nowrap | May 6, 1937 – Nov 8, 1938 | | Democratic George L. Berry ! 28

|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 1949 Tom Stewart ! rowspan=6 | 29

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|- style="height:2em" | Aug 10, 1963 Estes Kefauver ! rowspan=8 | 30

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 26 Albert Gore Sr. Jan 3, 1971 |

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| nowrap | Aug 10, 1963 – Aug 20, 1963

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Kefauver's term Retired | nowrap | Aug 20, 1963 – Nov 3, 1964 | | Democratic Herbert S. Walters ! 31

|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 1967 Ross Bass ! rowspan=2 | 32

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1985 Howard Baker ! rowspan=9 | 33

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 27 Bill Brock Jan 3, 1977 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 28 Jim Sasser Jan 3, 1995 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 2, 1993 Al Gore ! rowspan=4 | 34

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1990.Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.

|- style="height:2em" Dec 2, 1994 Harlan Mathews ! rowspan=2 | 35

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|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 2003 Fred Thompson ! rowspan=5 | 36

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 29 Bill Frist Jan 3, 2007 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 2021 Lamar Alexander ! rowspan=9 | 37

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 30 Bob Corker Jan 3, 2019 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 31 Marsha Blackburn present |

|- style="height:2em" | present Bill Hagerty ! rowspan=3 | 38

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Notes

References

  • {{cite book | editor1-first = Wendy | editor1-last = Wolff

References

  1. "Tennessee 1811 U.S. Senate, Special". [[Tufts University]].
  2. "WHITE, Hugh Lawson, (1773–1840)". U.S. Congress.
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