James Fentress
James Fentress (February 16, 1763 – June 20, 1843) was a Tennessee politician and Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Born in New Hanover County, North Carolina in 1763, he moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee in 1800. He was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat in 1809. He served as Speaker of the House from 1815 to 1817 and again from 1819 to 1825. Fentress later served as chairman of the Montgomery County Court and was on the committee that chose the county seats of Carroll County, Tennessee, Carroll, Gibson County, Tennessee, Gibson, Haywood County, Tennessee, Haywood, and Weakley County, Tennessee, Weakley counties. Fentress County, Tennessee was named for Fentress, as was its county seat of Jamestown, Tennessee, Jamestown. Fentress helped pass the law that created the county in 1823. References

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List Of Speakers Of The Tennessee House Of Representatives
The speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the lower chamber of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The speaker is elected by other members of the House for a two-year term. The current Speaker is Cameron Sexton Cameron Sexton ( R-Crossville). Sexton was elected and took over from Acting-Speaker Bill Dunn, who assumed office upon the resignation of Glen Casada, effective August 2, 2019. References External links *''Tennessee Blue Book'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives * Lists of Tennessee politicians Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...