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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 ...
was admitted to the
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on June 1, 1796. Its
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seats were declared vacant in March 1862 owing to its secession from the
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. 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. 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 William Cocke (1748August 22, 1828) was an American lawyer, pioneer, and statesman. He has the distinction of having served in the state legislatures of four different states: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and was one of t ...
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, rowspan=3 nowrap , Aug 2, 1796 –
Sep 26, 1797 , Elected in 1796. , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1796.Expelled for conspiracy with the
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. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Aug 2, 1796 –
Jul 8, 1797 , rowspan=2 ,
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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 ...
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, 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 ,
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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 ...
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, 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 ...
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William Cocke William Cocke (1748August 22, 1828) was an American lawyer, pioneer, and statesman. He has the distinction of having served in the state legislatures of four different states: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and was one of t ...
! 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Tyro ...
! 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 ,
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George W. Campbell George Washington Campbell (February 9, 1769February 17, 1848) was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Ambassador to Russia and the 5th United States Secretary of the Tre ...
! 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 ,
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Jesse Wharton Jesse Wharton (July 29, 1782July 22, 1833) was an Lawyer, attorney who briefly represented Tennessee in each house of United States Congress, Congress. Biography Wharton was born in Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia; studied law at Dickinso ...
! 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 George Washington Campbell (February 9, 1769February 17, 1848) was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Ambassador to Russia and the 5th United States Secretary of the Tre ...
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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 ...
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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 wa ...
! 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder ...
! rowspan=13 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1826.Resigned to become
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. , 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 Cou ...
, 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 The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the p ...
. , 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 Ephraim Hubbard Foster (September 17, 1794September 6, 1854) was an American politician, who twice served as a United States Senator from Tennessee. During his political career, he was a member of the Whig Party. Biography Foster was born nea ...
, , 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 Cou ...
, 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. Earl ...
! 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 Ephraim Hubbard Foster (September 17, 1794September 6, 1854) was an American politician, who twice served as a United States Senator from Tennessee. During his political career, he was a member of the Whig Party. Biography Foster was born nea ...
, , 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 , 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". ...
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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 Dem ...
, 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, a ...
. , - 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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, 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 ,
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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 , , 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 Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
William G. Brownlow , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, 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. Coo ...
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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 Dem ...
, , 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 , , 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 United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States Senate, United States Senator from Tennessee from 1877 to 1881. Early life and education Bailey was born in Montgome ...
, 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 ! rowspan=13 , 17 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 20 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
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 The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. , - 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 ! 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 ! 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 James Beriah Frazier (October 18, 1856 – March 28, 1937) was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Tennessee from 1903 to 1905, and subsequently as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1905 to 1911. As governor, ...
, 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 Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, align=right ,
Newell Sanders Newell Sanders (July 12, 1850January 26, 1939) was a Chattanooga businessman who served for a relatively brief time as a United States Senator from Tennessee. Life and career Sanders was born in Owen County, Indiana, the son of Miriam (Coffey) a ...
! 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 ! 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 United States Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of State. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1931 –
Mar 3, 1933 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Cordell Hull ! 26 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Hull's term.1934 United States Senate special election in Tennessee, 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 ! rowspan=3 , 27 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , 1934 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1934. , rowspan=6 , 25 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=6 , 25 , 1936 United States Senate election in Tennessee, 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 ! 28 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1938 United States Senate special election in Tennessee, 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 (politician), Tom Stewart ! rowspan=6 , 29 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1940 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1940. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , 1942 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1942.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1946 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1946.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 , 1948 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 1948. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Jan 3, 1949 –
Aug 10, 1963 , rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan=8 align=right ,
Estes Kefauver ! rowspan=8 , 30 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 , 26 , rowspan=12 align=left ,
Albert Gore Sr., Albert A. Gore , rowspan=12 , Democratic , rowspan=12 nowrap , Jan 3, 1953 –
Jan 3, 1971 , rowspan=3 , 1952 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 1952. , rowspan=3 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 , 1954 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1954. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , 1958 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1958. , rowspan=6 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 29 , rowspan=2 , 1960 United States Senate election in Tennessee, 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 ! 31 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , 1964 United States Senate special election in Tennessee, 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 ! rowspan=2 , 32 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1964.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , 1966 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 1966. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1967 –
Jan 3, 1985 , rowspan=9 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=9 align=right ,
Howard Baker, Howard H. Baker Jr. ! rowspan=9 , 33 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Bill Brock , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1971 –
Jan 3, 1977 , rowspan=3 , 1970 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 1970.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 , 1972 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1972. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 28 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
Jim Sasser , rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 nowrap , Jan 3, 1977 –
Jan 3, 1995 , rowspan=3 , 1976 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 1976. , rowspan=3 , 32 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , 1978 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1978.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1982 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 33 , rowspan=3 , 1984 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 1984. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jan 3, 1985 –
Jan 2, 1993 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Al Gore ! rowspan=4 , 34 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , 1988 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1988.Lost re-election. , rowspan=5 , 34 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=5 , 34 , 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 1990.Resigned to become Vice President of the United States, U.S. Vice President. , - 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 , 1994 United States Senate special election in Tennessee, Elected in 1994 to finish Gore's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Dec 2, 1994 –
Jan 3, 2003 , rowspan=5 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=5 align=right ,
Fred Thompson ! rowspan=5 , 36 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 29 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Bill Frist , rowspan=6 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1995 –
Jan 3, 2007 , rowspan=3 , 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 1994. , rowspan=3 , 35 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 35 , rowspan=3 , 1996 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected to a full term in 1996.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 2000.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 36 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 36 , rowspan=3 , 2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 2002. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 2003 –
Jan 3, 2021 , rowspan=9 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=9 align=right ,
Lamar Alexander ! rowspan=9 , 37 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 30 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Bob Corker , rowspan=6 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2007 –
Jan 3, 2019 , rowspan=3 , 2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 2006. , rowspan=3 , 37 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 37 , rowspan=3 , 2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 2008. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 2012 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Re-elected in 2012.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 38 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 38 , rowspan=3 , 2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee, 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 Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 2019 –
Present , rowspan=3 , 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 2018. , rowspan=3 , 39 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan=3 , 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Elected in 2020. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 2021 –
Present , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
Bill Hagerty ! rowspan=3 , 38 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2024 election. , rowspan=2, 40 , , - style="height:2em" , , 40 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2026 United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2026 election.


Living former senators

, there are five living former U.S. senators from Tennessee. The most recent senator to die was Bill Brock (served 1971–1977) on March 25, 2021. The most recently serving senator to die was Fred Thompson (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 * List of United States representatives from Tennessee * Elections in Tennessee


Notes


References

* {{U.S. congressional delegations United States senators from Tennessee, Lists of Tennessee politicians, U.S. Senators Lists of United States senators by state, Tennessee