List of United States Senators from Tennessee

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. The current Senators are Republicans Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker.

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	William Cocke	Democratic-Republican	August 2, 1796 – September 26, 1797	Elected in 1796	1	4th Congress	1	Elected in 1796. Expelled.	August 2, 1796 – July 8, 1797	Democratic-Republican	William Blount	1
		Appointed to begin the term due to failure of legislature to elect. Resigned when successor elected.		2	5th Congress
						Elected to finish Blount's term. Resigned when elected to Class 1 seat.		July 8, 1797 – March 3, 1799	Democratic-Republican	Joseph Anderson	2
2	Andrew Jackson	Democratic-Republican	September 26, 1797 – April 1, 1798						Elected to finish Cocke's term. Resigned.
Vacant			April 1, 1798 – October 6, 1798
3	Daniel Smith	Democratic-Republican	October 6, 1798 – March 3, 1799						Appointed to finish Jackson's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].
4	Joseph Anderson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1815		Elected to finish Jackson's term.	6th Congress	2	Elected in 1799. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805	Democratic-Republican	William Cocke	3
		7th Congress
		Re-elected in 1803		3	8th Congress
					9th Congress	3	Elected in 1805. Resigned.	March 4, 1805 – March 31, 1809	Democratic-Republican	Daniel Smith	4
					10th Congress
		Re-elected in 1809. Retired.		4	11th Congress
								April 1, 1809 – April 10, 1809	Vacant
							Elected to finish Smith's term.	April 11, 1809 – October 8, 1811	Democratic-Republican	Jenkin Whiteside	5
					12th Congress	4	Re-elected in 1811. Resigned.
							Elected to finish Whiteside's term. Resigned.	October 8, 1811 – February 11, 1814	Democratic-Republican	George W. Campbell	6
					13th Congress
								February 12, 1814 – March 16, 1814	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Campbell's term. Retired when successor elected.	March 17, 1814 – October 10, 1815	Democratic-Republican	Jesse Wharton	7
Vacant			March 4, 1815 – October 10, 1815	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	5				14th Congress
5	George W. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	October 10, 1815 – April 20, 1818	Elected late in 1815. Resigned.			Elected to finish Campbell's term.	October 10, 1815 – March 3, 1823		Democratic-Republican	John Williams	8
		15th Congress				5	Appointed to begin the term due to legislature's failure to elect. Elected to finish the term. Lost re-election.
Vacant			April 20, 1818 – September 27, 1818
6	John H. Eaton	Democratic-Republican	September 5, 1818 – March 4, 1821	Appointed to continue Cambell's term. Elected to finish Cambell's term. Legislature failed to elect.
		16th Congress
	Vacant		March 4, 1821 – September 27, 1821		6				17th Congress
	John H. Eaton	Democratic-Republican	September 27, 1821 – March 9, 1829	Re-elected late in 1821.
		Jackson Democratic-Republican				18th Congress	6	Elected in 1823. Resigned.	March 4, 1823 – October 14, 1825	Jackson Democratic-Republican	Andrew Jackson	9
		Jacksonian				19th Congress				Jacksonian
								October 15, 1825 – October 27, 1825	Vacant
		Elected to finish Jackson's term.						October 28, 1825 – January 13, 1840	Jacksonian	Hugh Lawson White	10
				Re-elected in 1827. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of War.	7	20th Congress
		21st Congress				7	Re-elected in 1829
Vacant			March 9, 1829 – October 19, 1829
7	Felix Grundy	Jacksonian	October 19, 1829 – July 4, 1838	Elected to finish Eaton's term.
		22nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1833. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General.		8	23rd Congress
					24th Congress	8	Re-elected in 1835. Resigned because he could not conscientiously obey the instructions of his constituents.[1]		Anti-Jacksonian
					Democratic				25th Congress			Whig
Vacant			July 5, 1838 – September 16, 1838
8	Ephraim H. Foster	Whig	September 17, 1838 – March 3, 1839		Elected to finish Grundy's term. Re-elected but resigned to avoid disobeying instructions given him by the state legislature.
Vacant			March 3, 1839 – November 19, 1839		9				26th Congress
9	Felix Grundy	Democratic	November 19, 1839 – December 19, 1840	Elected late in 1839. Died.
							January 13, 1840 – February 25, 1840	Vacant
		Elected to finish White's term. Retired.					February 25, 1840 – March 3, 1841	Democratic	Alexander O. Anderson	11
Vacant			December 19, 1840 – December 25, 1840
10	Alfred O. P. Nicholson	Democratic	December 25, 1840 – February 7, 1842	Appointed to continue Grundy's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].
		27th Congress				9	Legislature failed to elect.	March 4, 1841 – October 17, 1843	Vacant
Vacant			February 7, 1842 – October 17, 1843
												28th Congress
11	Ephraim H. Foster	Whig	October 17, 1843 – March 3, 1845	Elected to finish Grundy's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].			Elected to finish the vacant term. Lost re-election.	October 17, 1843 – March 3, 1847	Whig	Spencer Jarnagin	12
12	Hopkins L. Turney	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	Elected in 1844. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].	10				29th Congress
		30th Congress				10	Legislature failed to elect.	March 4, 1847 – November 21, 1847	Vacant
							Elected late in 1847	November 22, 1847 – March 3, 1859	Whig	John Bell	13
		31st Congress
13	James C. Jones	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1857	Elected in 1851. Retired.	11				32nd Congress
		33rd Congress				11	Re-elected in 1853. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].
		34th Congress
Vacant			March 4, 1857 – October 8, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	12				35th Congress			Know-Nothing
14	Andrew Johnson	Democratic	October 8, 1857 – March 4, 1862	Elected in 1857 to finish the term. Resigned to become Military Governor of Tennessee.
		36th Congress				12	Elected in 1858. Withdrew in anticipation of secession.	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	Democratic	Alfred O. P. Nicholson	14
		37th Congress					U.S. Civil War	March 4, 1861 – July 24, 1866	Vacant
Vacant			March 4, 1862 – July 24, 1866	U.S. Civil War
					13							38th Congress
						39th Congress						13
15	David T. Patterson	Unionist	July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1869	Elected to finish the vacant term. Retired.			Elected to finish the vacant term. Retired.	July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1871	Unionist	Joseph S. Fowler	15
		Democratic				40th Congress			Republican
16	William G. Brownlow	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	Elected in 1867 for the term beginning in 1869. Retired.	14	41st Congress
		42nd Congress				14	Elected in 1870 or 1871. Retired.	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877	Democratic	Henry Cooper	16
		43rd Congress
17	Andrew Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – July 31, 1875	Elected in 1875. Died.	15				44th Congress
18	David M. Key	Democratic	August 18, 1875 – January 19, 1877	Appointed to continue Johnson's term. Lost election to finish Johnson's term.
19	James E. Bailey	Democratic	January 19, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Elected to finish Johnson's term. Lost re-election.
		45th Congress				15	Elected in 1876	March 4, 1877 – July 8, 1897	Democratic	Isham G. Harris	17
		46th Congress
20	Howell Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – April 14, 1886	Elected in 1881. Resigned to become U.S. Circuit Judge.	16				47th Congress
		48th Congress				16	Re-elected in 1882
		49th Congress
Vacant			April 14, 1886 – April 16, 1886
21	Washington C. Whitthorne	Democratic	April 16, 1886 – March 3, 1887	Appointed to continue Jackson's term. Elected to finish Jackson's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].
22	William B. Bate	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 9, 1905	Elected in 1887	17				50th Congress
		51st Congress				17	Re-elected in 1888
		52nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1893		18	53rd Congress
					54th Congress	18	Re-elected in 1894. Died.
					55th Congress
								July 9, 1897 – July 19, 1897	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Harris's term. Elected to finish Harris's term. Retired.	July 20, 1897 – March 3, 1901	Democratic	Thomas B. Turley	18
		Re-elected in 1899		19	56th Congress
					57th Congress	19	Elected in 1900. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	Democratic	Edward W. Carmack	19
					58th Congress
		Re-elected in 1905. Died.		20	59th Congress
Vacant			March 10, 1905 – March 20, 1905
23	James B. Frazier	Democratic	March 21, 1905 – March 3, 1911						Elected to finish Bate's term. Lost re-election.
		60th Congress			20	Elected in 1906. Died.	March 4, 1907 – March 31, 1912	Democratic		Robert Love Taylor	20
		61st Congress
24	Luke Lea	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	Elected in 1910. Lost renomination.				21	62nd Congress
						April 1, 1912 – April 10, 1912	Vacant
		Appointed to continue Taylor's term. Retired when successor elected.				April 11, 1912 – January 24, 1913	Republican	Newell Sanders	21
		Elected to finish Taylor's term. Retired.				January 24, 1913 – March 3, 1913	Democratic	William R. Webb	22
		63rd Congress			21	Elected in 1912	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925	Democratic	John K. Shields	23
		64th Congress
25	Kenneth McKellar	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1953	Elected in 1916				22			65th Congress
		66th Congress			22	Re-elected in 1918. Lost renomination.
		67th Congress
		Re-elected in 1922		23				68th Congress
					69th Congress	23	Elected in 1924. Died.	March 4, 1925 – August 24, 1929	Democratic	Lawrence D. Tyson	24
					70th Congress
		Re-elected in 1928		24	71st Congress
								August 25, 1929 – September 1, 1929	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Tyson's term. Elected to finish Tyson's term Retired.	September 2, 1929 – March 3, 1931	Democratic	William E. Brock	25
					72nd Congress	24	Elected in 1930. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State.	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	Democratic	Cordell Hull	26
					73rd Congress		Appointed to continue Hull's term. Elected to finish Hull's term.	March 4, 1933 – April 23, 1937	Democratic	Nathan L. Bachman	27
		Re-elected in 1934		25	74th Congress
					75th Congress	25	Re-elected in 1936. Died.
								April 24, 1937 – May 5, 1937	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Bachman's term. Retired when successor elected.	May 6, 1937 – November 8, 1938	Democratic	George L. Berry	28
							Elected to finish Bachman's term. Although eligible and elected, did not "take his seat" as he preferred to remain as district attorney general. Nevertheless, service begins when eligible and elected, not upon the taking of an oath.	November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1949	Democratic	Tom Stewart	29
					76th Congress
		Re-elected in 1940		26	77th Congress
					78th Congress	26	Re-elected in 1942. Lost renomination.
					79th Congress
		Re-elected in 1946. Lost renomination.		27	80th Congress
					81st Congress	27	Elected in 1948	January 3, 1949 – August 10, 1963	Democratic	Estes Kefauver	30
					82nd Congress
26	Albert Gore, Sr.	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1971	Elected in 1952	28				83rd Congress
		84th Congress				28	Re-elected in 1954
		85th Congress
		Re-elected in 1958		29	86th Congress
					87th Congress	29	Re-elected in 1960. Died.
					88th Congress
								August 10, 1963 – August 20, 1963	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Kefauver's term Retired	August 20, 1963 – November 3, 1964	Democratic	Herbert S. Walters	31
							Elected to finish Kefauver's term. Lost renomination.	November 4, 1964 – January 2, 1967	Democratic	Ross Bass	32
		Re-elected in 1964. Lost re-election.		30	89th Congress
					90th Congress	30	Elected in 1966	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985	Republican	Howard Baker	33
					91st Congress
27	Bill Brock	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	Elected in 1970. Lost re-election.	31				92nd Congress
		93rd Congress				31	Re-elected in 1972
		94th Congress
28	Jim Sasser	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1995	Elected in 1976	32				95th Congress
		96th Congress				32	Re-elected in 1978. Retired.
		97th Congress
		Re-elected in 1982		33	98th Congress
					99th Congress	33	Elected in 1984	January 3, 1985 – January 2, 1993	Democratic	Al Gore, Jr.	34
					100th Congress
		Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election.		34	101st Congress
					102nd Congress	34	Re-elected in 1990. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.
								January 2, 1993 – January 5, 1993	Vacant
					103rd Congress
							Appointed to continue Gore's term. Retired when successor elected.	January 5, 1993 – December 2, 1994	Democratic	Harlan Mathews	35
							Elected to finish Gore's term.	December 2, 1994 – January 3, 2003	Republican	Fred Thompson	36
29	Bill Frist	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007	Elected in 1994	35				104th Congress
		105th Congress				35	Re-elected in 1996. Retired.
		106th Congress
		Re-elected in 2000. Retired.		36	107th Congress
					108th Congress	36	Elected in 2002	January 3, 2003 – Incumbent	Republican	Lamar Alexander	37
					109th Congress
30	Bob Corker	Republican	January 3, 2007 – Present	Elected in 2006	37				110th Congress
		111th Congress				37	Re-elected in 2008
		112th Congress
		Re-elected in 2012		38	113th Congress
					114th Congress	38	Re-elected in 2014
					115th Congress
To be determined in the 2018 election.					39				116th Congress
						117th Congress	39	To be determined in the 2020 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

Living former U.S. Senators from Tennessee

As of November 2015, there are four living former Senators; three from Class 1 and one from Class 2.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Bill Brock	1971–1977	1	November 23, 1930
Jim Sasser	1977–1995	1	September 30, 1936
Al Gore	1985–1993	2	March 31, 1948
Bill Frist	1995–2007	1	February 22, 1952

References

1. "WHITE, Hugh Lawson, (1773–1840)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. U.S. Congress. Retrieved June 23, 2011.

See also

• United States Congressional Delegations from Tennessee
• List of United States Representatives from Tennessee