These are tables of congressional delegations from Tennessee to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
Like some states, Tennessee has undergone too much demographic change for some districts to be seen as a continuation of the same numbered district before reapportionment. For example, while Don Sundquist, Ed Bryant and Marsha Blackburn have represented the 7th District since 1983, they are considered the "successors" of Robin Beard since the current 7th contains most of the territory that was in the 6th District prior to 1983.
Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 2 Senators |
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William Cocke (D-R) | 4th (1795–1797) | William Blount (D-R) |
5th (1797–1799) | ||
Andrew Jackson (D-R) | Joseph Anderson (D-R) | |
Daniel Smith (D-R) | ||
Joseph Anderson (D-R) | 6th (1799–1801) | William Cocke (D-R) |
7th (1801–1803) | ||
8th (1803–1805) | ||
9th (1805–1807) | Daniel Smith (D-R) | |
10th (1807–1809) | ||
11th (1809–1811) | ||
Jenkin Whiteside (D-R) | ||
12th (1811–1813) | ||
George W. Campbell (D-R) | ||
13th (1813–1815) | ||
Jesse Wharton (D-R) | ||
George W. Campbell (D-R) | 14th (1815–1817) | |
John Williams (D-R) | ||
15th (1817–1819) | ||
John H. Eaton (D-R) | ||
16th (1819–1821) | ||
17th (1821–1823) | ||
18th (1823–1825) | Andrew Jackson (D-R) | |
19th (1825–1827) | ||
Hugh Lawson White (D-R) | ||
20th (1827–1829) | ||
21st (1829–1831) | ||
Felix Grundy (D-R) | ||
22nd (1831–1833) | ||
23rd (1833–1835) | ||
24th (1835–1837) | ||
25th (1837–1839) | ||
Ephraim H. Foster (W) | ||
Felix Grundy (D) | 26th (1839–1841) | |
Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) | Alexander O. Anderson (D) | |
27th (1841–1843) | Vacant | |
Ephraim H. Foster (W) | 28th (1843–1845) | Spencer Jarnagin (W) |
Hopkins L. Turney (D) | 29th (1845–1847) | |
30th (1847–1849) | John Bell (W) | |
31st (1849–1851) | ||
James C. Jones (W) | 32nd (1851–1853) | |
33rd (1853–1855) | ||
34th (1855–1857) | ||
Andrew Johnson (D) | 35th (1857–1859) | |
36th (1859–1861) | Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) | |
37th (1861–1863) | American Civil War | |
American Civil War | ||
38th (1863–1865) | ||
David T. Patterson (U) | 39th (1865–1867) | Joseph S. Fowler (Unconditional U) |
40th (1867–1869) | ||
William G. Brownlow (R) | 41st (1869–1871) | |
42nd (1871–1873) | Henry Cooper (D) | |
43rd (1873–1875) | ||
Andrew Johnson (D) | 44th (1875–1877) | |
David M. Key (D) | ||
James E. Bailey (D) | ||
45th (1877–1879) | Isham G. Harris (D) | |
46th (1879–1881) | ||
Howell E. Jackson (D) | 47th (1881–1883) | |
48th (1883–1885) | ||
49th (1885–1887) | ||
Washington C. Whitthorne (D) | ||
William B. Bate (D) | 50th (1887–1889) | |
51st (1889–1891) | ||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||
54th (1895–1897) | ||
55th (1897–1899) | ||
Thomas B. Turley (D) | ||
56th (1899–1901) | ||
57th (1901–1903) | Edward W. Carmack (D) | |
58th (1903–1905) | ||
59th (1905–1907) | ||
James B. Frazier (D) | ||
60th (1907–1909) | Robert L. Taylor (D) | |
61st (1909–1911) | ||
Luke Lea (D) | 62nd (1911–1913) | |
Newell Sanders (R) | ||
William R. Webb (D) | ||
63rd (1913–1915) | John K. Shields (D) | |
64th (1915–1917) | ||
Kenneth D. McKellar (D) | 65th (1917–1919) | |
66th (1919–1921) | ||
67th (1921–1923) | ||
68th (1923–1925) | ||
69th (1925–1927) | Lawrence D. Tyson (D) | |
70th (1927–1929) | ||
71st (1929–1931) | ||
William E. Brock I (D) | ||
72nd (1931–1933) | Cordell Hull (D) | |
73rd (1933–1935) | Nathan L. Bachman (D) | |
74th (1935–1937) | ||
75th (1937–1939) | ||
George L. Berry (D) | ||
Tom Stewart (D) | ||
76th (1939–1941) | ||
77th (1941–1943) | ||
78th (1943–1945) | ||
79th (1945–1947) | ||
80th (1947–1949) | ||
81st (1949–1951) | Estes Kefauver (D) | |
82nd (1951–1953) | ||
Al Gore, Sr. (D) | 83rd (1953–1955) | |
84th (1955–1957) | ||
85th (1957–1959) | ||
86th (1959–1961) | ||
87th (1961–1963) | ||
88th (1963–1965) | ||
Herbert S. Walters (D) | ||
Ross Bass (D) | ||
89th (1965–1967) | ||
90th (1967–1969) | Howard Baker (R) | |
91st (1969–1971) | ||
Bill Brock (R) | 92nd (1971–1973) | |
93rd (1973–1975) | ||
94th (1975–1977) | ||
Jim Sasser (D) | 95th (1977–1979) | |
96th (1979–1981) | ||
97th (1981–1983) | ||
98th (1983–1985) | ||
99th (1985–1987) | Al Gore (D) | |
100th (1987–1989) | ||
101st (1989–1991) | ||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||
103rd (1993–1995) | Harlan Mathews (D) | |
Fred Thompson (R) | ||
Bill Frist (R) | 104th (1995–1997) | |
105th (1997–1999) | ||
106th (1999–2001) | ||
107th (2001–2003) | ||
108th (2003–2005) | Lamar Alexander (R) | |
109th (2005–2007) | ||
Bob Corker (R) | 110th (2007–2009) | |
111th (2009–2011) | ||
112th (2011–2013) |
John Sevier was elected in North Carolina's 5th congressional district, which included the territoriy of the former State of Franklin. He continued to serve after the entirety of his district was ceded to the federal government and formed the Southwest Territory.
Congress | Delegate |
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3rd (1793–1795) |
James White |
4th (1795–December 4, 1796) |
Until 1803, Tennessee elected one representative, at-large, state-wide.
Congress | At-large |
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4th (December 4, 1796 – 1797) | Andrew Jackson (D-R) |
William C.C. Claiborne (D-R) | |
5th (1797–1799) | |
6th (1799–1801) | |
7th (1801–1803) | William Dickson (D-R) |
Tennessee elected three representatives, at-large, state-wide.
Congress | 1st At-large seat | 2nd At-large seat | 3rd At-large seat |
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8th (1803–1805) | William Dickson (D-R) | George W. Campbell (D-R) | John Rhea (D-R) |
9th (1805–1807) | |||
10th (1807–1809) | Jesse Wharton (D-R) | ||
11th (1809–1811) | Pleasant Moorman Miller (D-R) | Robert Weakley (D-R) | |
12th (1811–1813) | Felix Grundy (D-R) | John Sevier (D-R) |
Tennessee elected six representatives from districts.
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
13th (1813–1815) |
John Rhea (D-R) |
John Sevier (D-R) |
Thomas K. Harris (D-R) |
John Henry Bowen (D-R) |
Felix Grundy (D-R) | Parry Wayne Humphreys (D-R) |
Newton Cannon (D-R) | ||||||
14th (1815–1817) |
Samuel Powell (D-R) | Isaac Thomas (D-R) | Bennett H. Henderson (D-R) | James B. Reynolds (D-R) | ||
William Grainger Blount (D-R) | ||||||
15th (1817–1819) |
John Rhea (D-R) | Francis Jones (D-R) | Samuel E. Hogg (D-R) | Thomas Claiborne (D-R) | George Washington Lent Marr (D-R) | |
16th (1819–1821) |
John Alexander Cocke (D-R) | Robert Allen (D-R) | Newton Cannon (D-R) | Henry Hunter Bryan (D-R) | ||
17th (1821–1823) |
Vacant |
After 1823, Tennessee used geographically-based districts for its representatives. From 1823 to 1833, Tennessee elected nine representatives.
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |||||
18th (1823–1825) | Robert Allen (D-R) | Adam Rankin Alexander (D-R) | John Blair (D-R) | Sam Houston (D) | Jacob C. Isacks (D-R) | John Alexander Cocke (D-R) | James B. Reynolds (D-R) | James T. Sandford (D-R) | James Israel Standifer (D-R) | ||||
19th (1825–1827) | John Blair (D) | John Alexander Cocke (D) | James Coffield Mitchell (D) | Jacob C. Isacks (D) | Robert Allen (D) | James K. Polk (D) | Sam Houston (D) | John Hartwell Marable (D) | Adam Rankin Alexander (D) | ||||
20th (1827–1829) | Pryor Lea (D) | Robert Desha (D) | John Bell (D) | Davy Crockett (Anti-J) | |||||||||
21st (1829–1831) | James Israel Standifer (D) | Cave Johnson (D) | |||||||||||
22nd (1831–1833) | Thomas Dickens Arnold (Anti-J) | William Hall (D) | William Fitzgerald (D) |
For the ten years following the 1830 census, Tennessee would have its largest apportionment of 13 seats.
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |
23rd (1833–1835) | John Blair (D) | Samuel Bunch (D) | Luke Lea (D) | James Israel Standifer (D) | John B. Forester (D) | Balie Peyton (D) | John Bell (D) | David W. Dickinson (D) | James K. Polk (D) | William Marshall Inge (D) | Cave Johnson (D) | Davy Crockett (Anti-J]) | William Claiborne Dunlap (D) |
24th (1835–1837) | William Blount Carter (Anti-J) | Samuel Bunch (Anti-J) | Luke Lea (Anti-J) | James Israel Standifer (Anti-J) | John B. Forester (Anti-J) | Balie Peyton (Anti-J) | John Bell (Anti-J) | Abram Poindexter Maury (Anti-J) | Ebenezer J. Shields (Anti-J) | Adam Huntsman (D) | |||
25th (1837–1839) | William Blount Carter (W) | Abraham McClellan (D) | Joseph Lanier Williams (W) | James Israel Standifer (W) | Hopkins Lacy Turney (D) | William B. Campbell (W) | John Bell (W) | Abram Poindexter Maury (W) | Ebenezer J. Shields (W) | Richard Cheatham (W) | John Wesley Crockett (W) | Christopher Harris Williams (W) | |
William Stone (W) | |||||||||||||
26th (1839–1841) | Julius W. Blackwell (D) | Meredith Poindexter Gentry (W) | Harvey Magee Watterson (D) | Aaron V. Brown (D) | Cave Johnson (D) | ||||||||
27th (1841–1843) | Thomas Dickens Arnold (W) | Thomas Jefferson Campbell (W) | Robert Looney Caruthers (W) | Milton Brown (W) |
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
28th (1843–1845) | Andrew Johnson (D) | William Tandy Senter (W) | Julius W. Blackwell (D) | Alvan Cullom (D) | George Washington Jones (D) | Aaron V. Brown (D) | David W. Dickinson (W) | Joseph Hopkins Peyton (W) | Cave Johnson (D) | John Baptista Ashe (W) | Milton Brown (W) |
29th (1845–1847) | William Michael Cocke (W) | John Hervey Crozier (W) | Barclay Martin (D) | Meredith Poindexter Gentry (W) | Lucien Bonaparte Chase (D) | Frederick Perry Stanton (D) | |||||
Edwin Hickman Ewing (W) | |||||||||||
30th (1847–1849) | Hugh Lawson White Hill (D) | James Houston Thomas (D) | Washington Barrow (W) | William T. Haskell (W) | |||||||
31st (1849–1851) | Albert Galiton Watkins (W) | Josiah M. Anderson (W) | John Houston Savage (D) | Andrew Ewing (D) | Isham G. Harris (D) | Christopher Harris Williams (W) | |||||
32nd (1851–1853) | William Montgomery Churchwell (D) | William Hawkins Polk (Ind. D) | William Cullom (W) |
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
33rd (1853–1855) | Brookins Campbell (D) | William Montgomery Churchwell (D) | Samuel Axley Smith (D) | William Cullom (W) | Charles Ready (W) | George Washington Jones (D) | Robert Malone Bugg (W) | Felix Zollicoffer (W) | Emerson Etheridge (W) | Frederick Perry Stanton (D) |
Nathaniel Green Taylor (W) | ||||||||||
34th (1855–1857) | Albert Galiton Watkins (D) | William Henry Sneed (K-N) | John Houston Savage (D) | Charles Ready (K-N) | John Vines Wright (D) | Felix Zollicoffer (K-N) | Emerson Etheridge (K-N) | Thomas Rivers (K-N) | ||
35th (1857–1859) | Horace Maynard (K-N) | John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (D) | William Tecumsah Avery (D) | |||||||
36th (1859–1861) | Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson (O) | Horace Maynard (O) | Reese Bowen Brabson (O) | William Brickly Stokes (O) | Robert Hopkins Hatton (O) | James Houston Thomas (D) | James Minor Quarles (O) | Emerson Etheridge (O) | ||
37th (1861–1863) | Nelson reelected but failed to take office | Horace Maynard (U) | George Washington Bridges (U) | Andrew Jackson Clements (U) | American Civil War |
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
38th (1863–1865) | American Civil War | |||||||
39th (1865–1867) | Nathaniel Green Taylor (U) | Horace Maynard (Unconditional U) | William Brickly Stokes (U) | Edmund Cooper (U) | William B. Campbell (U) | Samuel Mayes Arnell (Unconditional U) | Isaac Roberts Hawkins (U) | John W. Leftwich (U) |
40th (1867–1869) | Roderick R. Butler (R) | James Mullins (R) | John Trimble (R) | David Alexander Nunn (R) | ||||
41st (1869–1871) | Lewis Tillman (R) | William Farrand Prosser (R) | William Jay Smith (R) | |||||
42nd (1871–1873) | Abraham Ellison Garrett (D) | John Morgan Bright (D) | Edward Isaac Golladay (D) | Washington C. Whitthorne (D) | Robert Porter Caldwell (D) | William Wirt Vaughan (D) |
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | ||
43rd (1873–1875) | Roderick R. Butler (R) |
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh (R) |
William Crutchfield (R) |
John Morgan Bright (D) |
Horace Harrison (R) |
Washington C. Whitthorne (D) |
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (D) |
David Alexander Nunn (R) |
Barbour Lewis (R) |
Horace Maynard (R) |
44th (1875–1877) | William McFarland (D) |
George Gibbs Dibrell (D) |
Samuel McClary Fite (D) |
John Morgan Bright (D) |
John Ford House (D) |
Washington C. Whitthorne (D) |
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (D) |
William Parker Caldwell (D) |
10th district | |
H. Casey Young (D) |
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Haywood Yancey Riddle (D) |
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45th (1877–1879) | James Henry Randolph (R) |
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46th (1879–1881) | Robert L. Taylor (D) |
Leonidas C. Houk (R) |
Benton McMillin (D) |
Charles Bryson Simonton (D) |
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47th (1881–1883) | Augustus Herman Pettibone (R) |
Richard Warner (D) |
William Robert Moore (R) |
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48th (1883–1885) | Andrew Jackson Caldwell (D) |
John Goff Ballentine (D) |
John May Taylor (D) |
Rice Alexander Pierce (D) |
H. Casey Young (D) |
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49th (1885–1887) | John R. Neal (D) |
James D. Richardson (D) |
Presley T. Glass (D) |
Zachary Taylor (R) |
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50th (1887–1889) | Roderick R. Butler (R) | Joseph E. Washington (D) |
Washington C. Whitthorne (D) |
Benjamin A. Enloe (D) |
James Phelan (D) |
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51st (1889–1891) | Alfred A. Taylor (R) |
H. Clay Evans (R) |
Rice Alexander Pierce (D) |
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52nd (1891–1893) | Henry C. Snodgrass (D) |
Nicholas N. Cox (D) |
Josiah Patterson (D) |
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John C. Houk (R) |
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53rd (1893–1895) | James C. McDearmon (D) |
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54th (1895–1897) | William Coleman Anderson (R) |
Henry R. Gibson (R) |
Foster V. Brown (R) |
John E. McCall (R) |
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55th (1897–1899) | Walter P. Brownlow (R) |
John A. Moon (D) |
John W. Gaines (D) |
Thetus W. Sims (D) |
Rice Alexander Pierce (D) |
Edward W. Carmack (D) |
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56th (1899–1901) | Charles Edward Snodgrass (D) |
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57th (1901–1903) | Lemuel P. Padgett (D) |
Malcolm R. Patterson (D) |
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58th (1903–1905) | Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick (D) |
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59th (1905–1907) | Nathan W. Hale (R) |
Mounce G. Butler (D) |
William C. Houston (D) |
Finis J. Garrett (D) |
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60th (1907–1909) | Cordell Hull (D) |
George W. Gordon (D) |
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61st (1909–1911) | Richard W. Austin (R) |
Joseph W. Byrns (D) |
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Zachary D. Massey (R) |
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62nd (1911–1913) | Sam R. Sells (R) |
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Kenneth D. McKellar (D) |
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65th (1917–1919) | Hubert Fisher (D) |
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66th (1919–1921) | J. Will Taylor (R) |
Ewin L. Davis (D) |
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67th (1921–1923) | B. Carroll Reece (R) |
Joseph Edgar Brown (R) |
Wynne F. Clouse (R) |
Lon A. Scott (R) |
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Clarence W. Turner (D) |
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68th (1923–1925) | Sam D. McReynolds (D) |
Cordell Hull (D) |
William C. Salmon (D) |
Gordon Browning (D) |
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69th (1925–1927) | Edward E. Eslick (D) |
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71st (1929–1931) | Jere Cooper (D) |
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72nd (1931–1933) | Oscar B. Lovette (R) |
John R. Mitchell (D) |
Edward H. Crump (D) |
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Willa McC. Blake Eslick (D) |
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73rd (1933–1935) | B. Carroll Reece (R) |
Jo Byrns (D) |
Clarence W. Turner (D) |
Gordon Browning (D) |
Jere Cooper (D) |
Edward H. Crump (D) |
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74th (1935–1937) | Herron C. Pearson (D) |
Walter "Clift" Chandler (D) |
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75th (1937–1939) | Richard M. Atkinson (D) |
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76th (1939–1941) | Al Gore, Sr. (D) |
Jo Byrns, Jr. (D) |
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John Jennings, Jr. (R) |
Estes Kefauver (D) |
W. Wirt Courtney (D) |
Clifford Davis (D) |
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77th (1941–1943) | J. Percy Priest (D) |
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78th (1943–1945) | Jim N. McCord (D) |
J. Percy Priest (D) |
W. Wirt Courtney (D) |
Tom J. Murray (D) |
Jere Cooper (D) |
Clifford Davis (D) |
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79th (1945–1947) | Harold Earthman (D) |
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80th (1947–1949) | Dayton E. Phillips (R) |
Joe L. Evins (D) |
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81st (1949–1951) | James B. Frazier, Jr. (D) |
James P. Sutton (D) |
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82nd (1951–1953) | B. Carroll Reece (R) |
Howard Baker, Sr. (R) |
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83rd (1953–1955) | Joe L. Evins (D) |
J. Percy Priest (D) |
James Patrick Sutton (D) |
Tom J. Murray (D) |
Jere Cooper (D) |
Clifford Davis (D) |
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84th (1955–1957) | Joe L. Evins (D) |
Ross Bass (D) |
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85th (1957–1959) | J. Carlton Loser (D) |
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Fats Everett (D) |
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87th (1961–1963) | ||||||||||
Louise G. Reece (R) |
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88th (1963–1965) | Jimmy Quillen (R) |
Bill Brock (R) |
Dick Fulton (D) |
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Irene Bailey Baker (R) |
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89th (1965–1967) | John Duncan, Sr. (R) |
William R. Anderson (D) |
George W. Grider (D) |
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90th (1967–1969) | Ray Blanton (D) |
Dan Kuykendall (R) |
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91st (1969–1971) | ||||||||||
Ed Jones (D) |
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92nd (1971–1973) | LaMar Baker (R) |
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93rd (1973–1975) | Robin L. Beard, Jr. (R) |
Ed Jones (D) |
Dan Kuykendall (R) |
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94th (1975–1977) | Marilyn Lloyd (D) |
Harold Ford, Sr. (D) |
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Clifford Allen (D) |
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95th (1977–1979) | Al Gore (D) |
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96th (1979–1981) | Bill Boner (D) |
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98th (1983–1985) | Jim Cooper (D) |
Al Gore (D) |
Don Sundquist (R) |
Ed Jones (D) |
Harold Ford, Sr. (D) |
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99th (1985–1987) | Bart Gordon (D) |
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100th (1987–1989) | ||||||||||
John Duncan (R) |
Bob Clement (D) |
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101st (1989–1991) | John S. Tanner (D) |
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104th (1995–1997) | Zach Wamp (R) |
Van Hilleary (R) |
Ed Bryant (R) |
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105th (1997–1999) | William L. Jenkins (R) |
Harold E. Ford, Jr. (D) |
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108th (2003–2005) | Lincoln Davis (D) |
Jim Cooper (D) |
Marsha Blackburn (R) |
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110th (2007–2009) | David Davis (R) |
Steve Cohen (D) | ||||||||
111th (2009–2011) |
Phil Roe (R) |
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112th (2011–2013) |
Chuck Fleischmann (R) |
Scott DesJarlais (R) |
Diane Black (R) |
Stephen Fincher (R) |
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