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.

Class 1

Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012.

#	Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Background	Congress	Term
1	William Cocke	Democratic-Republican	August 2, 1796	September 26, 1797	Virginia House of Burgesses	4	1
						5	2
2	Andrew Jackson	Democratic-Republican	September 26, 1797	April 1798	U.S. Representative (At-large)
Vacant			April 1798	October 6, 1798
3	Daniel Smith	Democratic-Republican	October 6, 1798	March 3, 1799	Secretary of the Southwest Territory
4	Joseph Anderson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799	March 3, 1815	U.S. Senator, Class 2	6
						7
						8	3
						9
						10
						11	4
						12
						13
Vacant			March 4, 1815	October 10, 1815		14	5
5	George W. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	October 10, 1815	April 20, 1818	United States Senator
						15
Vacant			April 20, 1818	September 27, 1818
6	John H. Eaton	Democratic-Republican	September 27, 1818	March 9, 1829	Tennessee House of Representatives
						16
						17	6
						18
						19
						20	7
						21
Vacant			March 9, 1829	October 19, 1829
7	Felix Grundy	Jacksonian	October 19, 1829	July 4, 1838	U.S. Representative (1st district)
						22
		Democratic				23	8
						24
						25
Vacant			July 5, 1838	September 16, 1838
8	Ephraim H. Foster	Whig	September 17, 1838	March 3, 1839	Tennessee House of Representatives
9	Felix Grundy	Democratic	March 4, 1839	December 19, 1840	United States Attorney General	26	9
10	Alfred O. P. Nicholson	Democratic	December 25, 1840	February 7, 1842	Tennessee House of Representatives
						27
Vacant			February 7, 1842	October 17, 1843
						28
11	Ephraim H. Foster	Whig	October 17, 1843	March 3, 1845	United States Senator
12	Hopkins L. Turney	Democratic	March 4, 1845	March 3, 1851	U.S. Representative (5th district)	29	10
						30
						31
13	James C. Jones	Whig	March 4, 1851	March 3, 1857	Governor of Tennessee	32	11
						33
		Democratic				34
Vacant			March 4, 1857	October 8, 1857		35	12
14	Andrew Johnson	Democratic	October 8, 1857	March 4, 1862	Governor of Tennessee
						36
						37
Vacant due to American Civil War			March 4, 1862	July 28, 1866
						38	13
						39
15	David T. Patterson	Unionist	July 28, 1866	March 3, 1869	Judge
		Democratic				40
16	William G. Brownlow	Republican	March 4, 1869	March 3, 1875	Governor of Tennessee	41	14
						42
						43
17	Andrew Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1875	July 31, 1875	President of the United States	44	15
18	David M. Key	Democratic	August 18, 1875	January 19, 1877	Lawyer
19	James E. Bailey	Democratic	January 19, 1877	March 3, 1881	Tennessee House of Representatives
						45
						46
20	Howell E. Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1881	April 14, 1886	Tennessee House of Representatives	47	16
						48
						49
21	Washington C. Whitthorne	Democratic	April 16, 1886	March 3, 1887	U.S. Representative (7th district)
22	William B. Bate	Democratic	March 4, 1887	March 9, 1905	Governor of Tennessee	50	17
						51
						52
						53	18
						54
						55
						56	19
						57
						58
						59	20
Vacant			March 10, 1905	March 20, 1905
23	James B. Frazier	Democratic	March 21, 1905	March 3, 1911	Governor of Tennessee
						60
						61
24	Luke Lea	Democratic	March 4, 1911	March 3, 1917	Newspaper editor	62	21
						63
						64
25	Kenneth McKellar	Democratic	March 4, 1917	January 3, 1953	U.S. Representative (10th district)	65	22
						66
						67
						68	23
						69
						70
						71	24
						72
						73
						74	25
						75
						76
						77	26
						78
						79
						80	27
						81
						82
26	Albert Gore, Sr.	Democratic	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1971	U.S. Representative (4th district)	83	28
						84
						85
						86	29
						87
						88
						89	30
						90
						91
27	Bill Brock	Republican	January 3, 1971	January 3, 1977	U.S. Representative (3rd district)	92	31
						93
						94
28	Jim Sasser	Democratic	January 3, 1977	January 3, 1995	Chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party	95	32
						96
						97
						98	33
						99
						100
						101	34
						102
						103
29	Bill Frist	Republican	January 4, 1995	January 3, 2007	Surgeon	104	35
						105
						106
						107	36
						108
						109
30	Bob Corker	Republican	January 3, 2007	Incumbent	Mayor of Chattanooga	110	37
						111
#	Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Background	Congress	Term

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

#	Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Background	Congress	Term
1	William Blount	Democratic-Republican	August 2, 1796	July 8, 1797	Governor of the Southwest Territory	4	1
						5
2	Joseph Anderson	Democratic-Republican	July 8, 1797	March 3, 1799	Judge of Southwest Territory
3	William Cocke	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799	March 3, 1805	U.S. Senator, Class 1	6	2
						7
						8
4	Daniel Smith	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805	March 31, 1809	U.S. Senator, Class 1	9	3
						10
						11
Vacant			April 1, 1809	April 10, 1809
5	Jenkin Whiteside	Democratic-Republican	April 11, 1809	October 8, 1811	Lawyer
						12	4
6	George W. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	October 8, 1811	February 11, 1814	U.S. Representative (2nd district)
						13
Vacant			February 12, 1814	March 16, 1814
7	Jesse Wharton	Democratic-Republican	March 17, 1814	October 10, 1815	U.S. Representative (1st district)
						14
8	John Williams	Democratic-Republican	October 10, 1815	March 3, 1823	Lawyer
						15	5
						16
						17
9	Andrew Jackson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823	October 14, 1825	Territorial Governor of Florida	18	6
						19
Vacant			October 15, 1825	October 27, 1825
10	Hugh Lawson White	Jacksonian	October 28, 1825	January 13, 1840	Tennessee Senate
						20
						21	7
						22
						23
		Anti-Jacksonian				24	8
		Whig				25
						26
11	Alexander O. Anderson	Democratic	February 25, 1840	March 3, 1841	Lawyer
Vacant			March 4, 1841	October 17, 1843		27	9
						28
12	Spencer Jarnagin	Whig	October 17, 1843	March 3, 1847	Tennessee Senate
						29
Vacant			March 4, 1847	November 21, 1847		30	10
13	John Bell	Whig	November 22, 1847	March 3, 1859	United States Secretary of War
						31
						32
						33	11
						34
						35
14	Alfred O. P. Nicholson	Democratic	March 4, 1859	March 3, 1861	United States Senator	36	12
Vacant due to American Civil War			March 4, 1861	July 23, 1866		37
						38
						39	13
15	Joseph S. Fowler	Unionist	July 24, 1866	March 3, 1871	Tennessee State Comptroller
		Republican				40
						41
16	Henry Cooper	Democratic	March 4, 1871	March 3, 1877	Tennessee Senate	42	14
						43
						44
17	Isham G. Harris	Democratic	March 4, 1877	July 8, 1897	Governor of Tennessee	45	15
						46
						47
						48	16
						49
						50
						51	17
						52
						53
						54	18
						55
Vacant			July 9, 1897	July 19, 1897
18	Thomas B. Turley	Democratic	July 20, 1897	March 3, 1901	Lawyer
						56
19	Edward W. Carmack	Democratic	March 4, 1901	March 3, 1907	U.S. Representative (10th district)	57	19
						58
						59
20	Robert Love Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1907	March 31, 1912	Governor of Tennessee	60	20
						61
						62
Vacant			April 1, 1912	April 10, 1912
21	Newell Sanders	Republican	April 11, 1912	January 24, 1913	Businessman
22	William R. Webb	Democratic	January 24, 1913	March 3, 1913	Teacher
23	John K. Shields	Democratic	March 4, 1913	March 3, 1925	Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court	63	21
						64
						65
						66	22
						67
						68
24	Lawrence D. Tyson	Democratic	March 4, 1925	August 24, 1929	Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives	69	23
						70
						71
Vacant			August 25, 1929	September 1, 1929
25	William E. Brock	Democratic	September 2, 1929	March 3, 1931	Businessman
26	Cordell Hull	Democratic	March 4, 1931	March 3, 1933	U.S. Representative (4th district)	72	24
27	Nathan L. Bachman	Democratic	March 4, 1933	April 23, 1937	Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court	73
						74
						75	25
Vacant			April 24, 1937	May 5, 1937
28	George L. Berry	Democratic	May 6, 1937	November 8, 1938	Union President
Vacant			November 9, 1938	January 16, 1939
						76
29	Tom Stewart	Democratic	January 16, 1939	January 3, 1949	District Attorney
						77
						78	26
						79
						80
30	Estes Kefauver	Democratic	January 3, 1949	August 10, 1963	U.S. Representative (3rd district)	81	27
						82
						83
						84	28
						85
						86
						87	29
						88
Vacant			August 10, 1963	August 20, 1963
31	Herbert S. Walters	Democratic	August 20, 1963	November 3, 1964	Tennessee House of Representatives
32	Ross Bass	Democratic	November 4, 1964	January 2, 1967	U.S. Representative (6th district)
						89
33	Howard Baker	Republican	January 3, 1967	January 3, 1985	Lawyer	90	30
						91
						92
						93	31
						94
						95
						96	32
						97
						98
34	Al Gore, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1985	January 2, 1993	U.S. Representative (6th district)	99	33
						100
						101
						102	34
35	Harlan Mathews	Democratic	January 5, 1993	December 2, 1994	Tennessee State Treasurer	103
36	Fred Thompson	Republican	December 2, 1994	January 3, 2003	Actor
						104
						105	35
						106
						107
37	Lamar Alexander	Republican	January 3, 2003	Incumbent	United States Secretary of Education	108	36
						109
						110
						111	37
#	Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Background	Congress	Term

See also

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

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