List of United States Senators from Tennessee
The List of United States Senators from Tennessee lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate belonged to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.
class 1
Tennessee has been a US state since June 1, 1796 and to date has had 28 class 1 senators in Congress , three of which, Felix Grundy, Ephraim Foster and Andrew Johnson, served two non-consecutive terms.
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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William Cocke | 1796-1797 | Democratic Republican | September 6, 1747-22. August 1828 |
Andrew Jackson | 1797-1798 | Democratic Republican | March 15, 1767-8. June 1845 |
Daniel Smith | 1798-1799 | Democratic Republican | October 29, 1748-16. June 1818 |
Joseph Anderson | 1799-1815 | Democratic Republican | November 5, 1757-17. April 1837 |
George Washington Campbell | 1815-1818 | Democratic Republican | February 9, 1769-17. February 1848 |
John Henry Eaton | 1818-1829 | Democratic Republican | June 18, 1790–17. November 1856 |
Felix Grundy | 1829-1838 | democrat | September 11, 1777-19. December 1840 |
Ephraim Hubbard Foster | 1838-1839 | Whig | September 17, 1794-6. September 1854 |
Felix Grundy | 1839-1840 | democrat | September 11, 1777-19. December 1840 |
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson | 1840-1842 | democrat | August 31, 1808-23. March 1876 |
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Ephraim Hubbard Foster | 1843-1845 | Whig | September 17, 1794-6. September 1854 |
Hopkins Lacy Turney | 1845-1851 | democrat | October 3, 1797–1. August 1857 |
James Chamberlain Jones | 1851-1857 | Whig | April 20, 1809-29. October 1859 |
Andrew Johnson | 1857-1862 | democrat | December 29, 1808-31. July 1875 |
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David Trotter Patterson | 1866-1869 | democrat | February 28, 1818-3. November 1891 |
William Gannaway Brownlow | 1869-1875 | republican | August 29, 1805-29. April 1877 |
Andrew Johnson | 1875 | democrat | December 29, 1808-31. July 1875 |
David McKendree Key | 1875-1877 | democrat | January 27, 1824–3. February 1900 |
James Edmund Bailey | 1877-1881 | democrat | August 15, 1822-29. December 1885 |
Howell Edmunds Jackson | 1881-1886 | democrat | April 8, 1832-8. August 1895 |
Washington Curran Whitthorne | 1886-1887 | democrat | April 19, 1825-21. September 1891 |
William Brimage Bate | 1887-1905 | democrat | October 7, 1826-9. March 1905 |
James Beriah Frazier | 1905-1911 | democrat | October 18, 1856-28. March 1937 |
Luke Lea | 1911-1917 | democrat | April 12, 1879-18. November 1945 |
Kenneth Douglas McKellar | 1917-1953 | democrat | January 29, 1869-25. October 1957 |
Albert Arnold Gore Sr. | 1953-1971 | democrat | December 26, 1907-5. December 1998 |
William Emerson Brock III | 1971-1977 | republican | * November 23, 1930 |
James Ralph Sasser | 1977-1995 | democrat | * September 30, 1936 |
William Harrison Deadline | 1995-2007 | republican | * February 22, 1952 |
Robert Phillips Corker | 2007-2019 | republican | * August 24, 1952 |
Marsha Wedgeworth Blackburn | since 2019 | republican | * June 6, 1952 |
2nd grade
Tennessee has 35 class 2 senators to date .
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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William Blount | 1796-1797 | Democratic Republican | March 26, 1749-21. March 1800 |
Joseph Anderson | 1797-1799 | Democratic Republican | November 5, 1757-17. April 1837 |
William Cocke | 1799-1805 | Democratic Republican | September 6, 1747-22. August 1828 |
Daniel Smith | 1805-1809 | Democratic Republican | October 29, 1748-16. June 1818 |
Jenkin Whiteside | 1809-1811 | Democratic Republican | 1772-25. September 1822 |
George Washington Campbell | 1811-1814 | Democratic Republican | February 9, 1769-17. February 1848 |
Jesse Wharton | 1814-1815 | Democratic Republican | July 29, 1782-22. July 1833 |
John Williams | 1815-1823 | Democratic Republican | January 29, 1778-10. August 1837 |
Andrew Jackson | 1823-1825 | Democratic Republican | March 15, 1767-8. June 1845 |
Hugh Lawson White | 1825-1840 | Whig | October 30, 1773-10. April 1840 |
Alexander O. Anderson | 1840-1841 | democrat | November 10, 1794-23. May 1869 |
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Spencer Jarnagin | 1843-1847 | Whig | 1792-25. June 1853 |
John Bell | 1847-1859 | Whig from 1857 Know-Nothing Party | February 15, 1797-10. September 1869 |
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson | 1859-1861 | democrat | August 31, 1808-23. March 1876 |
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Joseph Smith Fowler | 1866-1871 | republican | August 31, 1820–1. April 1902 |
Henry Cooper | 1871-1877 | democrat | April 22, 1827-4. February 1884 |
Isham Green Harris | 1877-1897 | democrat | February 10, 1818-8. July 1897 |
Thomas Battle Turley | 1897-1901 | democrat | April 5, 1845–1. July 1910 |
Edward Ward Carmack | 1901-1907 | democrat | November 5, 1858-8. November 1908 |
Robert Love Taylor | 1907-1912 | democrat | July 31, 1850-31. March 1912 |
Newell Sanders | 1912-1913 | republican | July 12, 1850-26. January 1939 |
William Robert Webb | 1913 | democrat | November 11, 1842-19. December 1926 |
John Knight Shields | 1913-1925 | democrat | August 15, 1858-30. September 1934 |
Lawrence Davis Tyson | 1925-1929 | democrat | July 4, 1861-24. August 1929 |
William Emerson Brock | 1929-1931 | democrat | March 14, 1872–5. August 1950 |
Cordell Hull | 1931-1933 | democrat | October 2, 1871-23. July 1955 |
Nathan Lynn Bachman | 1933-1937 | democrat | August 8, 1878-23. April 1937 |
George Leonard Berry | 1937-1938 | democrat | September 12, 1882-4. December 1948 |
Arthur Thomas Stewart | 1939-1949 | democrat | January 11, 1892-10. October 1972 |
Carey Estes Kefeauver | 1949-1963 | democrat | July 26, 1903-10. August 1963 |
Herbert Sanford Walters | 1963-1964 | democrat | November 17, 1881-17. October 1973 |
Ross Bass | 1964-1967 | democrat | March 17, 1918–1. January 1993 |
Howard Henry Baker | 1967-1985 | republican | November 15, 1925-26. June 2014 |
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. | 1985-1993 | democrat | * March 31, 1948 |
Harlan Mathews | 1993-1994 | democrat | January 17, 1927-9. May 2014 |
Fred Dalton Thompson | 1994-2003 | republican | August 19, 1942–1. November 2015 |
Andrew Lamar Alexander | since 2003 | republican | * July 3, 1940 |