United States congressional delegations from Tennessee
These are tables of congressional delegations from Tennessee to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
House of Representatives
Current Representatives
List of members of the Tennessean United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 9 members, with 7 Republicans, and 2 Democrats.
| District | Representative | Party | CPVI | Incumbency | District map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Phil Roe (R–Johnson City) |
Republican | R+25 | January 3, 2009 – present | .tif.png) |
| 2nd |  John Duncan Jr. (R–Knoxville) |
Republican | R+20 | November 8, 1988 – present | .tif.png) |
| 3rd |  Chuck Fleischmann (R–Ooltewah) |
Republican | R+16 | January 3, 2011 – present | .tif.png) |
| 4th |  Scott DesJarlais (R–Jasper) |
Republican | R+18 | January 3, 2011 – present | .tif.png) |
| 5th |  Jim Cooper (D–Nashville) |
Democratic | D+5 | January 3, 2003 – present | .tif.png) |
| 6th |  Diane Black (R–Gallatin) |
Republican | R+21 | January 3, 2011 – present | .tif.png) |
| 7th |  Marsha Blackburn (R–Brentwood) |
Republican | R+18 | January 3, 2003 – present | .tif.png) |
| 8th |  Stephen Fincher (R–Frog Jump) |
Republican | R+19 | January 3, 2011 – present | .tif.png) |
| 9th |  Steve Cohen (D–Memphis) |
Democratic | D+25 | January 3, 2007 – present | .tif.png) |
Delegation timeline (1793 – present)
Tables showing membership in the Tennessee federal House delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.
1789 - 1791: Part of North Carolina
John Sevier was elected in North Carolina's 5th congressional district, which included the territory 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.
1793 - 1796: 1 non-voting delegate
Main article: Territory South of the River Ohio
| Congress | Delegate |
|---|---|
| 3rd (1793–1795) |
James White |
| 4th (1795–December 4, 1796) |
1796 - 1803: 1 seat
Until 1803, Tennessee elected one representative, at-large, statewide.
| Congress | At-large |
|---|---|
| 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) |
1803 - 1813: 3 seats
Tennessee elected three representatives, at-large, statewide for the 8th Congress, and then in separate districts after that.
| Congress | 1st At-large seat | 2nd At-large seat | 3rd At-large seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th (1803–1805) |
William Dickson (D-R) |
George W. Campbell (D-R) |
John Rhea (D-R) |
| Congress | District | ||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| 9th (1805–1807) |
John Rhea (D-R) |
George W. Campbell (D-R) |
William Dickson (D-R) |
| 10th (1807–1809) |
Jesse Wharton (D-R) | ||
| 11th (1809–1811) |
Robert Weakley (D-R) |
Pleasant Moorman Miller (D-R) | |
| 12th (1811–1813) |
John Sevier (D-R) |
Felix Grundy (D-R) | |
1813 - 1823: 6 seats
Tennessee elected six representatives from districts.
| Congress | District | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
1823 - 1833: 9 seats
From 1823 to 1833, Tennessee elected nine representatives.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |||||
| 18th (1823–1825) |
John Blair (Jackson D-R) |
John Alexander Cocke (Jackson D-R) |
James Israel Standifer (Jackson D-R) |
Jacob C. Isacks (Jackson D-R) |
Robert Allen (Jackson D-R) |
James T. Sandford (Jackson D-R) |
Sam Houston (Jackson D-R) |
James B. Reynolds (Jackson D-R) |
Adam Rankin Alexander (Jackson D-R) | ||||
| 19th (1825–1827) |
John Blair (J) |
John Alexander Cocke (J) |
James Coffield Mitchell (J) |
Jacob C. Isacks (J) |
Robert Allen (J) |
James K. Polk (J) |
Sam Houston (J) |
John Hartwell Marable (J) |
Adam Rankin Alexander (J) | ||||
| 20th (1827–1829) |
Pryor Lea (D) |
Robert Desha (D) |
John Bell (D) |
Davy Crockett (Anti-J) | |||||||||
| 21st (1829–1831) |
James Israel Standifer (J) |
Cave Johnson (J) | |||||||||||
| 22nd (1831–1833) |
Thomas Dickens Arnold (Anti-J) |
William Hall (J) |
William Fitzgerald (J) | ||||||||||
1833 - 1843: 13 seats
For the ten years following the 1830 census, Tennessee had its largest apportionment of 13 seats.
1843 - 1853: 11 seats
After the 1840 census, Tennessee lost 2 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||||||||
1853 - 1863: 10 seats
After the 1850 census, Tennessee lost 1 seat.
| Congress | District | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
1863 - 1873: 8 seats
After the 1860 census, Tennessee lost 2 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Horace Maynard (R) |
William Brickly Stokes (R) |
James Mullins (R) |
John Trimble (R) |
Samuel Mayes Arnell (R) |
Isaac Roberts Hawkins (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) | ||
1873 - present: 10 seats
After the 1870 census, Tennessee gained 2 seats.
Key
United States Senate
 Senator Bob Corker (R) |  Senator Lamar Alexander (R) |
Senate delegation timeline (1795 – present)
Tables showing membership in the Tennessee federal Senate delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.
| Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 2 Senators |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Love 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) | ||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||
| 114th (2015–2017) |
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Living former U.S. Senators from Tennessee
As of November 2015, there are four former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Tennessee who are currently living at this time, three from Class 1 and two from Class 2.
| Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Brock | 1971–1977 | 1 | November 23, 1930 |
| Jim Sasser | 1977–1995 | 1 | September 30, 1936 |
| Al Gore | 1985–1993 | 2 | March 31, 1948 |
| Bill Frist | 1995–2007 | 1 | February 22, 1952 |
See also
References
- ↑ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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