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List of Tennessee Governors

Governors of the State of Tennessee
Name Term Party Life
John Sevier[?] 1796-1801 Democratic-Republican[?] 1745-1815
Archibald Roane[?] 1801-1803 Democratic-Republican 1760-1819
John Sevier[?] 1803-1809 Democratic-Republican 1745-1815
Willie Blount 1809-1815 Democratic-Republican 1768-1835
Joseph McMinn[?] 1815-1821 Democratic-Republican 1758-1854
William Carroll[?] 1821-1827 Democratic-Republican 1788-1844
Samuel Houston 1827-1829 Democratic-Republican 1793-1863
William Hall[?] 1829 Democrat 1775-1856
William Carroll[?] 1829-1835 Democrat 1788-1844
Newton Cannon[?] 1835-1839 Democrat 1781-1841
James K. Polk 1839-1841 Democrat 1795-1849
James C. Jones[?] 1841-1845 Whig 1809-1859
Aaron V. Brown[?] 1845-1847 Democrat 1795-1859
Neill S. Brown[?] 1847-1849 Whig 1810-1886
William Trousdale[?] 1849-1851 Democrat 1790-1872
William B. Campbell[?] 1851-1853 Whig 1807-1867
Andrew Johnson 1853-1857 Democrat 1808-1875
Isham G. Harris[?] 1857-1862 Democrat 1818-1897
Andrew Johnson 1862-1865 Democrat/Military 1808-1875
E. H. East[?] 1865 Republican
William G. Brownlow[?] 1865-1869 Republican 1805-1877
Dewitt Clinton Senter[?] 1869-1871 Democrat 1830-1898
John C. Brown[?] 1871-1875 Democrat 1827-1889
James D. Porter, Jr.[?] 1875-1879 Democrat 1828-1912
Albert S. Marks[?] 1879-1881 Democrat 1836-1891
Alvin Hawkins[?] 1881-1883 Republican 1821-1905
William B. Bate[?] 1883-1887 Democrat 1826-1905
Robert Love Taylor[?] 1887-1891 Democrat 1850-1912
John P. Buchanan[?] 1891-1893 Democrat 1847-1930
Peter Turney[?] 1893-1897 Democrat 1827-1903
Robert Love Taylor[?] 1897-1899 Democrat 1850-1912
Benton McMillin[?] 1899-1903 Democrat 1845-1933
James B. Frazier[?] 1903-1905 Democrat 1856-1937
John I. Cox[?] 1905-1907 Democrat 1855-1946
Malcolm R. Patterson[?] 1907-1911 Democrat 1861-1935
Ben W. Hooper[?] 1911-1915 Republican 1870-1957
Tom C. Rye[?] 1915-1919 Democrat 1863-1953
A. H. Roberts[?] 1919-1921 Democrat 1868-1946
Alfred A. Taylor[?] 1921-1923 Republican 1848-1931
Austin Peay IV[?] 1923-1927 Democrat 1876-1927
Henry Hollis Horton[?] 1927-1933 Democrat 1866-1934
Harry Hill McAlister[?] 1933-1937 Democrat 1875-1959
Gordon Browning[?] 1937-1939 Democrat 1889-1976
Prentice Cooper[?] 1939-1945 Democrat 1895-1969
Jim Nance McCord[?] 1945-1949 Democrat 1879-1968
Gordon Browning[?] 1949-1953 Democrat 1889-1976
Frank G. Clement[?] 1953-1959 Democrat 1920-1969
Buford Ellington[?] 1959-1963 Democrat 1907-1972
Frank G. Clement[?] 1963-1967 Democrat 1920-1969
Buford Ellington[?] 1967-1971 Democrat 1907-1972
Winfield Dunn[?] 1971-1975 Republican b.1927
Ray Blanton[?] 1975-1979 Democrat 1930-1996
Lamar Alexander[?] 1979-1987 Republican b.1940
Ned McWherter[?] 1987-1995 Democrat b.1930
Donald K. Sundquist[?] 1995-2003 Republican b.1936
Phil Bredesen[?] 2003-present Democrat b.1943