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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US States Governors List
Here’s the state-wise list of Governors in the USA