There are currently nine United States
congressional districts in
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. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
based on results from the
2020 United States census. There have been as few as eight and as many as thirteen congressional districts in Tennessee. The and the were lost after the
1840 census. The was lost after the
1850 census and the was last lost after the
1950 census. The was briefly lost after the
1970 census but was regained after the
1980 census.
Current districts and representatives
List of members of the United States House delegation from Tennessee, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the
CPVI. The delegation has a total of 9 members, with 8
Republicans, and 1
Democrat.
The Tennessee congressional maps are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case by the Republican-controlled state legislature, which in 2022 drew maps to ‘crack’ the Democratic stronghold of Nashville across three otherwise Republican districts, ensuring three Republican representatives, despite Nashville’s strong Democratic lean and population sufficient for a single district. This Republican gerrymander ‘diminished the influence of Black voters and other voters of color concentrated in Nashville’, by splitting them up and adding portions of the Nashville community into districts that are overwhelmingly white and Republican, thus diluting the voting power of Black voters in the state.
Historical results
File:1994-2000 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 1994
File:1994-2000 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 1996
File:1994-2000 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 1998
File:1994-2000 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2000
File:2002-2008 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2002
File:2002-2008 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2004
File:2002-2008 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2006
File:2002-2008 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2008
File:2010 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2010
File:2012-2020 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2012
File:2012-2020 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2014
File:2012-2020 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2016
File:2012-2020 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2018
File:2012-2020 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2020
File:2022 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2022
File:2022 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2024
Historical and present district boundaries
Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Tennessee, presented chronologically.
All redistricting events that took place in Tennessee between 1973 and 2013 are shown.
Obsolete districts
* , obsolete since statehood
* (1796–1805; 1873–1875)
* , obsolete since the
1950 census
* , obsolete since the
1850 census
* , obsolete since the
1840 census
* , obsolete since the
1840 census
See also
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List of United States congressional districts
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, wi ...
*
Baker v. Carr
References
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Congressional districts