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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...
was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. Its
United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and po ...
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 Mary Marsha Blackburn (née Wedgeworth; born June 6, 1952) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the senior United States senator from Tennessee, a seat she has held since 2019. She is a member of the Republican Party. Blackbur ...
and
Bill Hagerty William Francis Hagerty IV (born August 14, 1959) is an American politician, businessman, and former diplomat serving as the junior United States senator from Tennessee since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 30th U.S. ...
. Kenneth McKellar was Tennessee's longest-serving senator (1917–1953).


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, - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , Jun 1, 1796 –
Aug 2, 1796 , Tennessee did not elect its senators until two months . , rowspan=2 , 1 , rowspan=2 , rowspan=7 , 1 , Tennessee did not elect its senators until two months . , Jun 1, 1796 –
Aug 2, 1796 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 1 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
William Cocke , rowspan=3 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Aug 2, 1796 –
Sep 26, 1797 , Elected in 1796. , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1796.Expelled for conspiracy with the
Kingdom of Great Britain The Kingdom of Great Britain (officially Great Britain) was a sovereign country in Western Europe from 1 May 1707 to the end of 31 December 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and ratified by the Acts of Union 1707, wh ...
. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Aug 2, 1796 –
Jul 8, 1797 , rowspan=2 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=2 align=right ,
William Blount William Blount (March 26, 1749March 21, 1800) was an American Founding Father, statesman, farmer and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the Constitutional Convention o ...
! rowspan=2 , 1 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to begin the term due to legislature's failure to elect.Lost re-election. , rowspan=7 , 2 , rowspan=5 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Jul 8, 1797 –
Sep 26, 1797 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! 2 , align=left ,
Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...
, ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, nowrap , Sep 26, 1797 –
Apr 1, 1798 , Elected to finish Cocke's term.Resigned. , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Blount's term.Resigned when elected to the Class 1 seat. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Sep 26, 1797 –
Mar 3, 1799 , rowspan=3 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
Joseph Anderson Joseph Inslee Anderson (November 5, 1757 – April 17, 1837) was an American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1797 to 1815, and later as the First Comptroller of the United States Treasur ...
! rowspan=3 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 1, 1798 –
Oct 6, 1798 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! 3 , align=left , Daniel Smith , ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, nowrap , Oct 6, 1798 –
Mar 3, 1799 , Appointed to finish Jackson's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=14 , 4 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Joseph Anderson Joseph Inslee Anderson (November 5, 1757 – April 17, 1837) was an American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1797 to 1815, and later as the First Comptroller of the United States Treasur ...
, rowspan=2 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1799 –
Mar 3, 1803 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1798 to finish Jackson's term. , , rowspan=4 , 2 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1798.Retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1799 –
Mar 3, 1805 , rowspan=4 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=4 align=right ,
William Cocke ! rowspan=4 , 3 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=2 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1803 –
Sep 22, 1803 , Legislature failed to elect. , rowspan=4 , 3 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=11 align=left ,
Joseph Anderson Joseph Inslee Anderson (November 5, 1757 – April 17, 1837) was an American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1797 to 1815, and later as the First Comptroller of the United States Treasur ...
, rowspan=11 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Sep 22, 1803 –
Mar 3, 1809 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected late in 1803. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Elected early in 1803.Resigned. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1805 –
Mar 31, 1809 , rowspan=3 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=3 align=right , Daniel Smith ! rowspan=3 , 4 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1809 –
Apr 11, 1809 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to begin the term due to legislature's failure to elect. , rowspan=8 , 4 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Apr 1, 1809 –
Apr 11, 1809 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 nowrap , Apr 11, 1809 –
Mar 3, 1815 , rowspan=6 , Re-elected late in 1809.Retired. , Elected to finish Smith's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Apr 11, 1809 –
Oct 8, 1811 , rowspan=2 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=2 align=right ,
Jenkin Whiteside Jenkin Whiteside (1772September 25, 1822) was an attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee. Biography Jenkin Whiteside was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His father, Thomas Whiteside (1742–1823), was born in County Ty ...
! rowspan=2 , 5 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=7 , 4 , Re-elected early in 1809.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1811 to finish Whiteside's term.Resigned. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Oct 8, 1811 –
Feb 11, 1814 , rowspan=2 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=2 align=right ,
George W. Campbell ! rowspan=2 , 6 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Feb 12, 1814 –
Mar 16, 1814 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Campbell's term.Retired when his successor was elected. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 17, 1814 –
Oct 10, 1815 , rowspan=2 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=2 align=right , Jesse Wharton ! rowspan=2 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1815 –
Oct 10, 1815 , , rowspan=6 , 5 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 5 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
George W. Campbell , rowspan=2 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Oct 10, 1815 –
Apr 20, 1818 , rowspan=2 , Elected late in 1815.Resigned. , Elected to finish Campbell's term.Legislature failed to elect. , rowspan=7 nowrap , Oct 10, 1815 –
Mar 3, 1823 , rowspan=7 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=7 align=right ,
John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (15 November 2022)Classic Connection review '' WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who w ...
! rowspan=7 , 8 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=6 , 5 , rowspan=6 , Appointed to begin the term. Elected in 1817 to finish the term.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 20, 1818 –
Sep 27, 1818 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 6 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
John Eaton John Eaton may refer to: *John Eaton (divine) (born 1575), English divine * John Eaton (pirate) (fl. 1683–1686), English buccaneer *Sir John Craig Eaton (1876–1922), Canadian businessman *John Craig Eaton II (born 1937), Canadian businessman an ...
, rowspan=2 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Sep 5, 1818 –
Mar 4, 1821 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Campbell's term. Elected in 1819 to finish Campbell's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=2 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1821 –
Sep 27, 1821 , Legislature failed to elect. , rowspan=6 , 6 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=7 align=left ,
John Eaton John Eaton may refer to: *John Eaton (divine) (born 1575), English divine * John Eaton (pirate) (fl. 1683–1686), English buccaneer *Sir John Craig Eaton (1876–1922), Canadian businessman *John Craig Eaton II (born 1937), Canadian businessman an ...
, rowspan=2 ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=7 nowrap , Sep 27, 1821 –
Mar 9, 1829 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected late in 1821. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 6 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1823.Resigned. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1823 –
Oct 14, 1825 , ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=2 align=right ,
Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...
! rowspan=2 , 9 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Jacksonian , rowspan=3 , , Jacksonian , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Oct 15, 1825 –
Oct 27, 1825 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Jackson's term. , rowspan=13 nowrap , Oct 28, 1825 –
Jan 13, 1840 , rowspan=7 , Jacksonian , rowspan=13 align=right ,
Hugh Lawson White ! rowspan=13 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1826.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of War. , rowspan=5 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 7 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1829. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 9, 1829 –
Oct 19, 1829 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 7 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Felix Grundy Felix Grundy (September 11, 1777 – December 19, 1840) was an American politician who served as a congressman and senator from Tennessee as well as the 13th attorney General of the United States. Biography Early life Born in Berkeley Coun ...
, rowspan=4 , Jacksonian , rowspan=5 nowrap , Oct 19, 1829 –
Jul 4, 1838 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Eaton's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1833.Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General. , rowspan=5 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=10 , 8 , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1835.Resigned. , , National
Republican , - style="height:2em" , , Democratic , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , Whig , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jul 5, 1838 –
Sep 16, 1838 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! 8 , align=left ,
Ephraim H. Foster , , Whig , nowrap , Sep 17, 1838 –
Mar 3, 1839 , Elected to finish Grundy's term.Re-elected but resigned. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 3, 1839 –
Nov 19, 1839 ,   , rowspan=10 , 9 , rowspan=6 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 9 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Felix Grundy Felix Grundy (September 11, 1777 – December 19, 1840) was an American politician who served as a congressman and senator from Tennessee as well as the 13th attorney General of the United States. Biography Early life Born in Berkeley Coun ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 19, 1839 –
Dec 19, 1840 , rowspan=3 , Elected late in 1839.Died. , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Jan 13, 1840 –
Feb 25, 1840 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish White's term.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Feb 25, 1840 –
Mar 3, 1841 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Alexander O. Anderson Alexander Outlaw Anderson (November 10, 1794May 23, 1869) was an American slave owner and attorney who represented Tennessee in the United States Senate, and later served in the California State Senate, and on the California Supreme Court. Ear ...
! rowspan=3 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Dec 19, 1840 –
Dec 25, 1840 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 10 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Alfred O. P. Nicholson , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 25, 1840 –
Feb 7, 1842 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Grundy's term.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=5 , 9 , rowspan=3 , Legislature failed to elect. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1841 –
Oct 17, 1843 , rowspan=3 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , rowspan=2 nowrap , Feb 7, 1842 –
Oct 17, 1843 , rowspan=2 ,   , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! 11 , align=left ,
Ephraim H. Foster , , Whig , nowrap , Oct 17, 1843 –
Mar 3, 1845 , Elected to finish Grundy's term.Retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish the vacant term.Lost re-election. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Oct 17, 1843 –
Mar 3, 1847 , rowspan=2 , Whig , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Spencer Jarnagin Spencer Jarnagin (1792June 25, 1851) was a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1843 to 1847. Life and career Jarnagin was born in what was shortly to become Grainger County, Tennessee. He graduated from Greenville College in 1813 and aft ...
! rowspan=2 , 12 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 12 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Hopkins L. Turney Hopkins Lacy Turney (October 3, 1797August 1, 1857) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and United States Senator from Tennessee. Biography Turney was born in the Smith County settlement of Dixon Springs, Tennessee. As a youth, he was ap ...
, rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1845 –
Mar 3, 1851 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1844.Retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=4 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 10 , Legislature failed to elect. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1847 –
Nov 21, 1847 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected late in 1847 , rowspan=7 nowrap , Nov 22, 1847 –
Mar 3, 1859 , rowspan=5 , Whig , rowspan=7 align=right ,
John Bell ! rowspan=7 , 13 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
James C. Jones James ChamberlainJones's middle name is sometimes spelled "Chamberlayne." Jones (April 20, 1809 – October 29, 1859) was an American politician who served as the tenth governor of Tennessee from 1841 to 1845, and as a United States Senator from ...
, rowspan=3 , Whig , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1851 –
Mar 3, 1857 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1851.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 11 , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1853.Retired or lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1857 –
Oct 8, 1857 , Legislature failed to elect. , rowspan=5 , 12 , rowspan=2 , rowspan=2 ,
Know-Nothing The Know Nothing party was a nativist political party and movement in the United States in the mid-1850s. The party was officially known as the "Native American Party" prior to 1855 and thereafter, it was simply known as the "American Party". ...
, - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a De ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Oct 8, 1857 –
Mar 4, 1862 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1857 to finish the term.Resigned to become
Military Governor of Tennessee The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The governor is the only official in Tennessee state government who is directly elected by the voters of the entire state. The current governor is Bill Lee, ...
. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 12 , Elected in 1858.Withdrew in anticipation of secession. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1859 –
Mar 3, 1861 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Alfred O. P. Nicholson ! 14 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 ,
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Reconstruction Reconstruction may refer to: Politics, history, and sociology * Reconstruction (law), the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company *''Perestroika'' (Russian for "reconstruction"), a late 20th century Soviet Unio ...
, rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1861 –
Jul 24, 1866 , rowspan=4 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1862 –
Jul 24, 1866 , rowspan=3 ,
Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polici ...
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Reconstruction Reconstruction may refer to: Politics, history, and sociology * Reconstruction (law), the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company *''Perestroika'' (Russian for "reconstruction"), a late 20th century Soviet Unio ...
, - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 13 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 15 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
David T. Patterson David Trotter Patterson (February 28, 1818November 3, 1891) was a United States Senator from Tennessee at the beginning of the Reconstruction period. A staunch Union supporter (as were most of his fellow East Tennesseans), he was elected by th ...
, , Unionist , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jul 24, 1866 –
Mar 3, 1869 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish the vacant term.Retired. , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish the vacant term.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jul 24, 1866 –
Mar 3, 1871 , , Unionist , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Joseph S. Fowler ! rowspan=3 , 15 , - style="height:2em" , , Democratic , , rowspan=2 , Republican , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
William G. Brownlow , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1869 –
Mar 3, 1875 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1867.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 14 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1870 or 1871.Retired. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1871 –
Mar 3, 1877 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Henry Cooper Sir Henry Cooper (3 May 19341 May 2011) was a British heavyweight boxer, best remembered internationally for a 1963 fight in which he knocked down a young Cassius Clay before the fight was stopped because of a cut eye from Clay's punches. C ...
! rowspan=6 , 16 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! 17 , align=left ,
Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a De ...
, , Democratic , nowrap , Mar 4, 1875 –
Jul 31, 1875 , Elected in 1875.Died. , rowspan=6 , 15 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jul 31, 1875 –
Aug 18, 1875 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! 18 , align=left ,
David M. Key David McKendree Key (January 27, 1824 – February 3, 1900) was a United States senator from Tennessee, United States Postmaster General and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennesse ...
, , 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 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
James E. Bailey James Edmund Bailey (August 15, 1822December 29, 1885) was an American Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1877 to 1881. Early life and education Bailey was born in Montgomery County, Tennessee. He attended the Clarksville Ac ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 19, 1877 –
Mar 3, 1881 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Johnson's term.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1877. , rowspan=13 nowrap , Mar 4, 1877 –
Jul 8, 1897 , rowspan=13 , Democratic , rowspan=13 align=right ,
Isham G. Harris Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
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Howell Jackson , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1881 –
Apr 14, 1886 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1880 or 1881.Resigned to become U.S. Circuit Judge. , rowspan=5 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 16 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1883. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 14, 1886 –
Apr 16, 1886 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! 21 , align=left ,
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 , rowspan=12 align=left ,
William B. Bate William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
, rowspan=12 , Democratic , rowspan=12 nowrap , Mar 4, 1887 –
Mar 9, 1905 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1887. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1889. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1893. , rowspan=5 , 18 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 18 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1895.Died. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Jul 9, 1897 –
Jul 19, 1897 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Harris's term. Elected in 1898 to finish Harris's term.Retired. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jul 20, 1897 –
Mar 3, 1901 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Thomas B. Turley Thomas Battle Turley (April 5, 1845July 1, 1910) was a Tennessee attorney who served as a Democratic United States Senator from 1897 to 1901. Biography Turley was born in Memphis and attended public schools and was a private in the Confede ...
! rowspan=2 , 18 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1899 , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 19 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1901.Lost renomination. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1907 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Edward W. Carmack Edward Ward Carmack (November 5, 1858November 9, 1908) was an attorney, newspaperman, and political figure who served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1901 to 1907. Following his political service, and after an unsuccessful run for Governo ...
! rowspan=5 , 19 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , Re-elected in 1905.Died. , rowspan=5 , 20 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 10, 1905 –
Mar 20, 1905 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
James B. Frazier , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 21, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1911 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Bate's term.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 20 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1907.Died. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1907 –
Mar 31, 1912 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Robert Love Taylor Robert Love "Bob" Taylor (July 31, 1850March 31, 1912) was an American politician, writer, and lecturer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three terms as the 24th governor of Tennessee, from 1887 to 1891, and again from 1897 to 1899, a ...
! rowspan=3 , 20 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 24 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Luke Lea , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1917 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1911.Lost renomination. , rowspan=6 , 21 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Apr 1, 1912 –
Apr 10, 1912 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Taylor's term.Retired when his successor was elected. , nowrap , Apr 11, 1912 –
Jan 24, 1913 , , Republican , align=right ,
Newell Sanders ! 21 , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Taylor's term.Retired. , nowrap , Jan 24, 1913 –
Mar 3, 1913 , , Democratic , align=right ,
William R. Webb ! 22 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1913. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1913 –
Mar 3, 1925 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
John K. Shields John Knight Shields (August 15, 1858September 30, 1934) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1913 to 1925. He also served as an associate justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court. Biography Shields was born at his family's es ...
! rowspan=6 , 23 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=23 , 25 , rowspan=23 align=left ,
Kenneth McKellar , rowspan=23 , Democratic , rowspan=23 nowrap , Mar 4, 1917 –
Jan 3, 1953 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1916. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 22 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1918.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1922. , rowspan=3 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 23 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1924.Died. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1925 –
Aug 24, 1929 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Lawrence Tyson Lawrence Davis Tyson (July 4, 1861August 24, 1929) was an American general, politician and textile manufacturer, operating primarily out of Knoxville, Tennessee, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As s btigadier general, he commanded ...
! rowspan=3 , 24 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1928. , rowspan=5 , 24 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Aug 25, 1929 –
Sep 1, 1929 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - 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 , align=right ,
William E. Brock ! 25 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 24 , Elected in 1930.Resigned to become
U.S. Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...
. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1931 –
Mar 3, 1933 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Cordell Hull Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...
! 26 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Hull's term. Elected in 1934 to finish Hull's term. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1933 –
Apr 23, 1937 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Nathan L. Bachman Nathan Lynn Bachman (August 2, 1878April 23, 1937) was a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1933 until his death. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Biography Bachman was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His father was Dr. Jonathan ...
! rowspan=3 , 27 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1934. , rowspan=6 , 25 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=6 , 25 , Re-elected in 1936.Died. , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Apr 24, 1937 –
May 5, 1937 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Bachman's term.Retired when his successor was elected. , nowrap , May 6, 1937 –
Nov 8, 1938 , , Democratic , align=right ,
George L. Berry George Leonard Berry (September 12, 1882December 4, 1948) was president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America from 1907 to 1948 and a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1937 to 1938. ...
! 28 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Bachman's term.Did not take his seat until 1939 in order to remain District Attorney General. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Nov 9, 1938 –
Jan 3, 1949 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Tom Stewart ! rowspan=6 , 29 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1940. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1942.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1946.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1948. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Jan 3, 1949 –
Aug 10, 1963 , rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan=8 align=right ,
Estes Kefauver Carey Estes Kefauver (; July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1939 to 1949 and in the Senate from 1949 until his ...
! rowspan=8 , 30 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 , 26 , rowspan=12 align=left ,
Albert A. Gore , rowspan=12 , Democratic , rowspan=12 nowrap , Jan 3, 1953 –
Jan 3, 1971 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1952. , rowspan=3 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1954. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1958. , rowspan=6 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 29 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1960.Died. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Aug 10, 1963 –
Aug 20, 1963 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Kefauver's term
Retired , nowrap , Aug 20, 1963 –
Nov 3, 1964 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Herbert S. Walters Herbert Sanford Walters (November 17, 1891August 17, 1973) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1963 to 1964. Early life and education Walters was a native of Jefferson County, Tennessee. He was a graduate of the former Ca ...
! 31 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Kefauver's term.Lost renomination. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 4, 1964 –
Jan 2, 1967 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Ross Bass Ross Bass (March 17, 1918January 1, 1993) was an American Congressman and United States Senator from Tennessee. Background Bass was the son of a circuit-riding Methodist minister in rural Giles County, attended the local public schools, and ...
! rowspan=2 , 32 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1964.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1966. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1967 –
Jan 3, 1985 , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Howard H. Baker Jr. ! rowspan=9 , 33 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Bill Brock William Emerson Brock III (November 23, 1930 – March 25, 2021) was an American Republican politician who served in both chambers of the United States Congress from 1963 to 1977 and later in the United States Cabinet from 1981 to 1987. He was ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1971 –
Jan 3, 1977 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1970.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1972. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 28 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
Jim Sasser James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committ ...
, rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 nowrap , Jan 3, 1977 –
Jan 3, 1995 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1976. , rowspan=3 , 32 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1978.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 33 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1984. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jan 3, 1985 –
Jan 2, 1993 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic ...
! rowspan=4 , 34 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1988.Lost re-election. , rowspan=5 , 34 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=5 , 34 , Re-elected in 1990.Resigned to become
U.S. Vice President The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice pr ...
. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Gore's term.Retired when his successor was elected. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jan 2, 1993 –
Dec 2, 1994 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Harlan Mathews ! rowspan=2 , 35 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1994 to finish Gore's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Dec 2, 1994 –
Jan 3, 2003 , rowspan=5 , Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Fred Thompson Freddie Dalton Thompson (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Tennessee fr ...
! rowspan=5 , 36 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 29 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Bill Frist William Harrison Frist (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as Senate Majority Lea ...
, rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1995 –
Jan 3, 2007 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1994. , rowspan=3 , 35 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 35 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected to a full term in 1996.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2000.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 36 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 36 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2002. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 2003 –
Jan 3, 2021 , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Lamar Alexander Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (born July 3, 1940) is a retired American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from ...
! rowspan=9 , 37 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 30 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Bob Corker Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (born August 24, 1952) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Rel ...
, rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2007 –
Jan 3, 2019 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2006. , rowspan=3 , 37 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 37 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2008. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2012.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 38 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 38 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2014.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Marsha Blackburn Mary Marsha Blackburn (née Wedgeworth; born June 6, 1952) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the senior United States senator from Tennessee, a seat she has held since 2019. She is a member of the Republican Party. Blackbur ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 2019 –
Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2018. , rowspan=3 , 39 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2020. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 2021 –
Present , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Bill Hagerty William Francis Hagerty IV (born August 14, 1959) is an American politician, businessman, and former diplomat serving as the junior United States senator from Tennessee since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 30th U.S. ...
! rowspan=3 , 38 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 election. , rowspan=2, 40 , , - style="height:2em" , , 40 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2026 election.


Living former senators

, there are five living former U.S. senators from Tennessee. The most recent senator to die was
Bill Brock William Emerson Brock III (November 23, 1930 – March 25, 2021) was an American Republican politician who served in both chambers of the United States Congress from 1963 to 1977 and later in the United States Cabinet from 1981 to 1987. He was ...
(served 1971–1977) on March 25, 2021. The most recently serving senator to die was
Fred Thompson Freddie Dalton Thompson (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Tennessee fr ...
(served 1994–2003) on November 1, 2015.


Superlatives


Longest service


Shortest service


Youngest at beginning of service


Oldest at end of service


See also

*
United States congressional delegations from Tennessee These are tables of congressional delegations from Tennessee to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The current dean of the Tennessee delegation is Senator Marsha Blackburn, having served in Congress continuou ...
* List of United States representatives from Tennessee * Elections in Tennessee


Notes


References

* {{U.S. congressional delegations
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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...