Tennessee's 6th congressional district

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The 6th Congressional District of Tennessee is a congressional district in Middle Tennessee. It currently includes all of Bedford, Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Marshall, Overton, Putnam, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, and Trousdale Counties, as well as a portion of Wilson County.

Two men who would later achieve national prominence in politics served as 6th District Representative: President James K. Polk and Vice President Al Gore. Democrat Bart Gordon of Murfreesboro has represented the district since 1985.

[edit] Representatives

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	District Residence
Parry Wayne Humphreys	1813	1815	Democratic-Republican	Nashville
John Sevier	1815	1817*	Democratic-Republican	Knoxville
William Grainger Blount	1817**	1819	Democratic-Republican	Knoxville
John Alexander Cocke	1819	1825	Democratic-Republican	Hawkins County
James K. Polk	1825	1833	Democrat	Columbia
Balie Peyton	1833	1837	Pro-Jacksonian	Gallatin
William B. Campbell	1837	1843	Whig	Carthage
Aaron V. Brown	1843	1845	Democrat	Nashville
Barclay Martin	1845	1847	Democrat	Columbia
James Houston Thomas	1847	1851	Democrat	Columbia
William Hawkins Polk	1851	1853	Independent Democrat	Columbia
George Washington Jones	1853	1859	Democrat	Fayetteville
James Houston Thomas	1859	1861	Democrat	Columbia
American Civil War
Samuel Mayes Arnell	1865	1871	Unconditional Unionist	Columbia
Washington C. Whitthorne	1871	1875	Democrat	Columbia
John Ford House	1875	1883	Democrat	Clarksville
Andrew Jackson Caldwell	1883	1887	Democrat	Nashville
Joseph E. Washington	1887	1897	Democrat	Robertson County
John W. Gaines	1897	1909	Democrat	Nashville
Jo Byrns	1909	1933	Democrat	Nashville
Clarence W. Turner	1933	1939*	Democrat	Waverly
W. Wirt Courtney	1939**	1943	Democrat	Franklin
J. Percy Priest	1943	1953*	Democrat	Columbia
James Patrick Sutton	1953**	1955	Democrat	Lawrenceburg
Ross Bass	1955	1965	Democrat	Pulaski
William R. Anderson	1965	1973	Democrat	Humphreys County
Robin L. Beard, Jr.	1973	1983	Republican	Nashville
Al Gore	1983	1985	Democrat	Carthage
Bart Gordon	1985	present	Democrat	Murfreesboro

* Died in office
** Assumed office by special election

Source: Political Graveyard database of Tennessee congressmen

[edit] External link

Congress.com: Tennessee Congressional districts

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