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List of United States Senators from Tennessee

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Tennessee was admitted to the United States on June 1, 1796. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1862 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from July 1866.

[edit] Class 1

Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012.

# Senator Party Took office Left office Background Congress Term
1 William Cocke Democratic-Republican August 2, 1796 September 26, 1797 Virginia House of Burgesses 4 1
5 2
2 Andrew Jackson Democratic-Republican September 26, 1797 April 1798 U.S. Representative (TN-AL)
Vacant April 1798 October 6, 1798
3 Daniel Smith Democratic-Republican October 6, 1798 March 3, 1799 Secretary of the Southwest Territory
4 Joseph Anderson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 March 3, 1815 US Senator, TN, Class 2 6
7
8 3
9
10
11 4
12
13
Vacant March 4, 1815 October 10, 1815 14 5
5 George W. Campbell Democratic-Republican October 10, 1815 April 20, 1818 United States Senator
15
Vacant April 20, 1818 September 27, 1818
6 John H. Eaton Democratic-Republican September 27, 1818 March 9, 1829 Tennessee House of Representatives
16
17 6
18
19
20 7
21
Vacant March 9, 1829 October 19, 1829
7 Felix Grundy Jacksonian October 19, 1829 July 4, 1838 U.S. Representative (TN-01)
22
Democratic 23 8
24
25
Vacant July 5, 1838 September 16, 1838
8 Ephraim H. Foster Whig September 17, 1838 March 3, 1839 Tennessee House of Representatives
9 Felix Grundy Democratic March 4, 1839 December 19, 1840 United States Attorney General 26 9
10 Alfred O. P. Nicholson Democratic December 25, 1840 February 7, 1842 Tennessee House of Representatives
27
Vacant February 7, 1842 October 17, 1843
28
11 Ephraim H. Foster Whig October 17, 1843 March 3, 1845 United States Senator
12 Hopkins L. Turney Democratic March 4, 1845 March 3, 1851 U.S. Representative (TN-05) 29 10
30
31
13 James C. Jones Whig March 4, 1851 March 3, 1857 Governor of Tennessee 32 11
33
Democratic 34
Vacant March 4, 1857 October 8, 1857 35 12
14 Andrew Johnson Democratic October 8, 1857 March 4, 1862 Governor of Tennessee
36
37
Vacant due to
American Civil War		 March 4, 1862 July 28, 1866
38 13
39
15 David T. Patterson Unionist July 28, 1866 March 3, 1869 District Court Judge
Democratic 40
16 William G. Brownlow Republican March 4, 1869 March 3, 1875 Governor of Tennessee 41 14
42
43
17 Andrew Johnson Democratic March 4, 1875 July 31, 1875 President of the United States 44 15
18 David M. Key Democratic August 18, 1875 January 19, 1877 Lawyer
19 James E. Bailey Democratic January 19, 1877 March 3, 1881 Tennessee House of Representatives
45
46
20 Howell E. Jackson Democratic March 4, 1881 April 14, 1886 Tennessee House of Representatives 47 16
48
49
21 Washington C. Whitthorne Democratic April 16, 1886 March 3, 1887 U.S. Representative (TN-07)
22 William B. Bate Democratic March 4, 1887 March 9, 1905 Governor of Tennessee 50 17
51
52
53 18
54
55
56 19
57
58
59 20
Vacant March 10, 1905 March 20, 1905
23 James B. Frazier Democratic March 21, 1905 March 3, 1911 Governor of Tennessee
60
61
24 Luke Lea File:Luke Lea.jpg Democratic March 4, 1911 March 3, 1917 Newspaper editor 62 21
63
64
25 Kenneth D. McKellar File:KennethDouglasMcKellar.jpg Democratic March 4, 1917 January 3, 1953 U.S. Representative (TN-10) 65 22
66
67
68 23
69
70
71 24
72
73
74 25
75
76
77 26
78
79
80 27
81
82
26 Albert A. Gore Sr. Democratic January 3, 1953 January 3, 1971 U.S. Representative (TN-04) 83 28
84
85
86 29
87
88
89 30
90
91
27 William E. Brock III Republican January 3, 1971 January 3, 1977 U.S. Representative (TN-03) 92 31
93
94
28 James R. Sasser Democratic January 3, 1977 January 3, 1995 Chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party 95 32
96
97
98 33
99
100
101 34
102
103
29 William H. Frist Republican January 4, 1995 January 3, 2007 Surgeon 104 35
105
106
107 36
108
109
30 Robert P. Corker Republican January 3, 2007 Incumbent Mayor of Chattanooga 110 37
111

[edit] Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

# Senator Party Took office Left office Background Congress Term
1 William Blount Democratic-Republican August 2, 1796 July 8, 1797 Governor of the Southwest Territory 4 1
5
2 Joseph Anderson Democratic-Republican July 8, 1797 March 3, 1799 Judge of Southwest Territory
3 William Cocke Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 March 3, 1805 US Senator, TN, Class 1 6 2
7
8
4 Daniel Smith Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 March 31, 1809 US Senator, TN, Class 1 9 3
10
11
Vacant April 1, 1809 April 10, 1809
5 Jenkin Whiteside Democratic-Republican April 11, 1809 October 8, 1811 Lawyer
12 4
6 George W. Campbell Democratic-Republican October 8, 1811 February 11, 1814 U.S. Representative (TN-02)
13
Vacant February 12, 1814 March 16, 1814
7 Jesse Wharton Democratic-Republican March 17, 1814 October 10, 1815 U.S. Representative (TN-01)
14
8 John Williams Democratic-Republican October 10, 1815 March 3, 1823 Lawyer
15 5
16
17
9 Andrew Jackson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 October 14, 1825 Territorial Governor of Florida 18 6
19
Vacant October 15, 1825 October 27, 1825
10 Hugh Lawson White Jacksonian October 28, 1825 January 13, 1840 Tennessee Senate
20
21 7
22
23
Anti-Jacksonian 24 8
Whig 25
26
11 Alexander O. Anderson Democratic February 25, 1840 March 3, 1841 Lawyer
Vacant March 4, 1841 October 17, 1843 27 9
28
12 Spencer Jarnagin Whig October 17, 1843 March 3, 1847 Tennessee Senate
29
Vacant March 4, 1847 November 21, 1847 30 10
13 John Bell Whig November 22, 1847 March 3, 1859 United States Secretary of War
31
32
33 11
34
35
14 Alfred O. P. Nicholson Democratic March 4, 1859 March 3, 1861 United States Senator 36 12
Vacant due to
American Civil War		 March 4, 1861 July 23, 1866 37
38
39 13
15 Joseph S. Fowler Unionist July 24, 1866 March 3, 1871 Tennessee State Comptroller
Republican 40
41
16 Henry Cooper Democratic March 4, 1871 March 3, 1877 Tennessee Senate 42 14
43
44
17 Isham G. Harris Democratic March 4, 1877 July 8, 1897 Governor of Tennessee 45 15
46
47
48 16
49
50
51 17
52
53
54 18
55
Vacant July 9, 1897 July 19, 1897
18 Thomas B. Turley Democratic July 20, 1897 March 3, 1901 Lawyer
56
19 Edward W. Carmack Democratic March 4, 1901 March 3, 1907 U.S. Representative (TN-10) 57 19
58
59
20 Robert Love Taylor Democratic March 4, 1907 March 31, 1912 Governor of Tennessee 60 20
61
62
Vacant April 1, 1912 April 10, 1912
21 Newell Sanders Republican April 11, 1912 January 24, 1913 Businessman
22 William R. Webb Democratic January 24, 1913 March 3, 1913 Teacher
23 John K. Shields Democratic March 4, 1913 March 3, 1925 Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court 63 21
64
65
66 22
67
68
24 Lawrence D. Tyson File:Lawrence Davis Tyson.jpg Democratic March 4, 1925 August 24, 1929 Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives 69 23
70
71
Vacant August 25, 1929 September 1, 1929
25 William E. Brock, I Democratic September 2, 1929 March 3, 1931 Businessman
26 Cordell Hull Democratic March 4, 1931 March 3, 1933 U.S. Representative (TN-04) 72 24
27 Nathan L. Bachman Democratic March 4, 1933 April 23, 1937 Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court 73
74
75 25
Vacant April 24, 1937 May 5, 1937
28 George L. Berry Democratic May 6, 1937 November 8, 1938 Union President
Vacant November 9, 1938 January 16, 1939
76
29 A. Thomas Stewart Democrat January 16, 1939 January 3, 1949 District Attorney
77
78 26
79
80
30 C. Estes Kefauver Democratic January 3, 1949 August 10, 1963 U.S. Representative (TN-03) 81 27
82
83
84 28
85
86
87 29
88
Vacant August 10, 1963 August 20, 1963
31 Herbert S. Walters Democratic August 20, 1963 November 3, 1964 Tennessee House of Representatives
32 Ross Bass Democratic November 4, 1964 January 2, 1967 U.S. Representative (TN-06)
89
33 Howard H. Baker Jr. Republican January 3, 1967 January 3, 1985 Lawyer 90 30
91
92
93 31
94
95
96 32
97
98
34 Albert A. Gore Jr. Democratic January 3, 1985 January 2, 1993 U.S. Representative (TN-06) 99 33
100
101
102 34
35 Harlan Mathews Democratic January 5, 1993 December 2, 1994 Tennessee State Treasurer 103
36 Fred D. Thompson Republican December 2, 1994 January 3, 2003 Actor
104
105 35
106
107
37 A. Lamar Alexander Republican January 3, 2003 Incumbent United States Secretary of Education 108 36
109
110
110 37

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