List of Governors of Tennessee

Governors of Tennessee

Are you looking for the Governors of Tennessee? Here is the list of all the Governors of Tennessee from beginning to present with their tenure and respective political party name.

Tennessee Governors List

Here is a list of governors of the US state of Governors of Tennessee by Party Name and Tenure Periods.

Sr. No. Governor Name
Term Start Term End Party
1 John Sevier 30 March 1796 23 September 1801 Democratic-Republican
2 Archibald Roane 23 September 1801 23 September 1803 Democratic-Republican
3 John Sevier 23 September 1803 20 September 1809 Democratic-Republican
4 Willie Blount 20 September 1809 27 September 1815 Democratic-Republican
5 Joseph McMinn 27 September 1815 1 October 1821 Democratic-Republican
6 William Carroll 1 October 1821 1 October 1827 Democratic-Republican
7 Sam Houston 1 October 1827 16 April 1829 Democratic-Republican
8 William Hall 16 April 1829 1 October 1829 Democratic
9 William Carroll 1 October 1829 12 October 1835 Democratic
10 Newton Cannon 12 October 1835 14 October 1839 Whig
11 James K. Polk 14 October 1839 15 October 1841 Democratic
12 James C. Jones 15 October 1841 14 October 1845 Whig
13 Aaron V. Brown 14 October 1845 17 October 1847 Democratic
14 Neill S. Brown 17 October 1847 16 October 1849 Whig
15 William Trousdale 16 October 1849 16 October 1851 Democratic
16 William B. Campbell 16 October 1851 17 October 1853 Whig
17 Andrew Johnson 17 October 1853 3 November 1857 Democratic
18 Isham G. Harris 3 November 1857 12 March 1862 Democratic
19 Andrew Johnson 12 March 1862 4 March 1865 Unionist/Military
20 Edward H. East 4 March 1865 5 April 1865 Republican
21 William G. Brownlow 5 April 1865 25 February 1869 Republican
22 Dewitt Clinton Senter 25 February 1869 10 October 1871 Republican
23 John C. Brown 10 October 1871 18 January 1875 Democratic
24 James D. Porter 18 January 1875 16 February 1879 Democratic
25 Albert S. Marks 16 February 1879 17 January 1881 Democratic
26 Alvin Hawkins 17 January 1881 15 January 1883 Republican
27 William B. Bate 15 January 1883 17 January 1887 Democratic
28 Robert Love Taylor 17 January 1887 19 January 1891 Democratic
29 John P. Buchanan 19 January 1891 16 January 1893 Farm-Labor
30 Peter Turney 16 January 1893 21 January 1897 Democratic
31 Robert Love Taylor 21 January 1897 16 January 1899 Democratic
32 Benton McMillin 16 January 1899 19 January 1903 Democratic
33 James B. Frazier 19 January 1903 21 March 1905 Democratic
34 John I. Cox 21 March 1905 17 January 1907 Democratic
35 Malcolm R. Patterson 17 January 1907 26 January 1911 Democratic
36 Ben W. Hooper 26 January 1911 17 January 1915 Republican
37 Tom C. Rye 17 January 1915 15 January 1919 Democratic
38 A. H. Roberts 15 January 1919 15 January 1921 Democratic
39 Alfred A. Taylor 15 January 1921 16 January 1923 Republican
40 Austin Peay 16 January 1923 3 October 1927 Democratic
41 Henry Hollis Horton 3 October 1927 17 January 1933 Democratic
42 Harry Hill McAlister 17 January 1933 15 January 1937 Democratic
43 Gordon Browning 15 January 1937 16 January 1939 Democratic
44 Prentice Cooper 16 January 1939 16 January 1945 Democratic
45 Jim Nance McCord 16 January 1945 16 January 1949 Democratic
46 Gordon Browning 16 January 1949 15 January 1953 Democratic
47 Frank G. Clement 15 January 1953 19 January 1959 Democratic
48 Buford Ellington 19 January 1959 15 January 1963 Democratic
49 Frank G. Clement 15 January 1963 16 January 1967 Democratic
50 Buford Ellington 16 January 1967 16 January 1971 Democratic
51 Winfield Dunn 16 January 1971 18 January 1975 Republican
52 Ray Blanton 18 January 1975 17 January 1979 Democratic
53 Lamar Alexander 17 January 1979 17 January 1987 Republican
54 Ned McWherter 17 January 1987 21 January 1995 Democratic
55 Don Sundquist 21 January 1995 18 January 2003 Republican
56 Phil Bredesen 18 January 2003 15 January 2011 Democratic
57 Bill Haslam 15 January 2011 19 January 2019 Republican
58 Bill Lee 19 January 2019 Incumbent Republican

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