List of United States Senators from Tennessee

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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

Marsha Blackburn
Lamar Alexander

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
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
vacant
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
vacant
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
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
vacant
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
vacant
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

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