List of governors of Tennessee

This is a list of people who have served as Governor of Tennessee.

Southwest Territory

The Territory South of the River Ohio, commonly called the Southwest Territory, was formed in 1790 from lands ceded by North Carolina to the United States government. The territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Tennessee in 1796.

Parties

  Democratic-Republican

# Picture Governor
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Party State of Birth Occupation Notes
1   William Blount
(1749–1800)		 September 20, 1790
–
March 30, 1796		 Democratic-Republican NC Land speculator [1]

State of Tennessee

Parties

  Democratic-Republican   Democratic   Whig   Unionist/Military   Republican

#[2] Picture Governor
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Party State of Birth Occupation Lt. Governor Notes
2   John Sevier
(1745–1815)		 March 30, 1796
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September 23, 1801		 Democratic-Republican VA Soldier, farmer None
3   Archibald Roane
(1760–1819)		 September 23, 1801
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September 23, 1803		 Democratic-Republican PA Lawyer
4   John Sevier
(1745–1815)		 September 23, 1803
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September 20, 1809		 Democratic-Republican VA Soldier, farmer
5   Willie Blount
(1768–1835)		 September 20, 1809
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September 27, 1815		 Democratic-Republican NC Lawyer, planter
6   Joseph McMinn
(1758–1824)		 September 27, 1815
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October 1, 1821		 Democratic-Republican PA Merchant
7   William Carroll
(1788–1844)		 October 1, 1821
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October 1, 1827		 Democratic-Republican PA Merchant, soldier
8   Sam Houston
(1793–1863)		 October 1, 1827
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April 16, 1829		 Democratic-Republican VA Lawyer
9   William Hall
(1775–1856)		 April 16, 1829
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October 1, 1829		 Democratic NC Planter, soldier
10   William Carroll
(1788–1844)		 October 1, 1829
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October 12, 1835		 Democratic PA Merchant, soldier
11   Newton Cannon
(1781–1841)		 October 12, 1835
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October 14, 1839		 Whig NC Planter
12   James K. Polk
(1795–1849)		 October 14, 1839
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October 15, 1841		 Democratic NC Lawyer, politician
13   James C. Jones
(1809–1859)		 October 15, 1841
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October 14, 1845		 Whig TN Lawyer
14   Aaron V. Brown
(1795–1859)		 October 14, 1845
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October 17, 1847		 Democratic VA Lawyer
15   Neill S. Brown
(1810–1886)		 October 17, 1847
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October 16, 1849		 Whig TN Lawyer
16   William Trousdale
(1790–1872)		 October 16, 1849
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October 16, 1851		 Democratic NC Lawyer
17   William B. Campbell
(1807–1867)		 October 16, 1851
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October 17, 1853		 Whig TN Lawyer
18   Andrew Johnson
(1808–1875)		 October 17, 1853
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November 3, 1857		 Democratic NC Tailor, lawyer, politician
19   Isham G. Harris
(1818–1897)		 November 3, 1857
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March 12, 1862		 Democratic TN Lawyer, politician [3]
20   Andrew Johnson
(1808–1875)		 March 12, 1862
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March 4, 1865		 Unionist/Military NC Lawyer, politician
—   Edward H. East
(1830–1904)		 March 4, 1865
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April 5, 1865		 Republican TN Lawyer [4]
21   William G. Brownlow
(1805–1877)		 April 5, 1865
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February 25, 1869		 Republican VA Editor, preacher
22   DeWitt Clinton Senter
(1830–1898)		 February 25, 1869
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October 10, 1871		 Republican TN Lawyer
23   John C. Brown
(1827–1889)		 October 10, 1871
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January 18, 1875		 Democratic TN Lawyer
24   James D. Porter
(1828–1912)		 January 18, 1875
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February 16, 1879		 Democratic TN Lawyer, educator
25   Albert S. Marks
(1836–1891)		 February 16, 1879
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January 17, 1881		 Democratic KY Lawyer, judge
26   Alvin Hawkins
(1821–1905)		 January 17, 1881
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January 15, 1883		 Republican KY Lawyer, judge
27   William B. Bate
(1826–1905)		 January 15, 1883
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January 17, 1887		 Democratic TN Lawyer, politician
28   Robert Love Taylor
(1850–1912)		 January 17, 1887
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January 19, 1891		 Democratic TN Lawyer, politician
29   John P. Buchanan
(1847–1930)		 January 19, 1891
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January 16, 1893		 Democratic TN Farmer
30   Peter Turney
(1827–1903)		 January 16, 1893
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January 21, 1897		 Democratic TN Lawyer, judge
31   Robert Love Taylor
(1850–1912)		 January 21, 1897
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January 16, 1899		 Democratic TN Lawyer, politician
32   Benton McMillin
(1845–1933)		 January 16, 1899
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January 19, 1903		 Democratic KY Lawyer, diplomat
33   James B. Frazier
(1856–1937)		 January 19, 1903
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March 21, 1905		 Democratic TN Lawyer, politician
34   John I. Cox
(1855–1946)		 March 21, 1905
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January 17, 1907		 Democratic TN Lawyer
35   Malcolm R. Patterson
(1861–1935)		 January 17, 1907
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January 26, 1911		 Democratic AL Lawyer, judge
36   Ben W. Hooper
(1870–1957)		 January 26, 1911
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January 17, 1915		 Republican TN Lawyer
37   Thomas C. Rye
(1863–1953)		 January 17, 1915
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January 15, 1919		 Democratic TN Lawyer, judge
38   Albert H. Roberts
(1868–1946)		 January 15, 1919
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January 15, 1921		 Democratic TN Lawyer, judge
39   Alfred A. Taylor
(1848–1931)		 January 15, 1921
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January 16, 1923		 Republican TN Lawyer
40   Austin Peay
(1876–1927)		 January 16, 1923
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October 3, 1927		 Democratic KY Lawyer [5]
41   Henry Hollis Horton
(1866–1934)		 October 3, 1927
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January 17, 1933		 Democratic AL Lawyer, farmer
42   Hill McAlister
(1875–1959)		 January 17, 1933
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January 15, 1937		 Democratic TN Lawyer
43   Gordon Browning
(1889–1976)		 January 15, 1937
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January 16, 1939		 Democratic TN Lawyer, judge
44   Prentice Cooper
(1895–1969)		 January 16, 1939
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January 16, 1945		 Democratic TN Lawyer
45   Jim Nance McCord
(1879–1968)		 January 16, 1945
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January 16, 1949		 Democratic TN Editor
46   Gordon Browning
(1889–1976)		 January 16, 1949
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January 15, 1953		 Democratic TN Lawyer, judge
  Walter M. Haynes
47   Frank G. Clement
(1920–1969)		 January 15, 1953
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January 19, 1959		 Democratic TN Lawyer   Jared Maddux
48   Buford Ellington
(1907–1972)		 January 19, 1959
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January 15, 1963		 Democratic MS Farmer   William D. Baird
49   Frank G. Clement
(1920–1969)		 January 15, 1963
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January 16, 1967		 Democratic TN Lawyer   James L. Bomar, Jr.
  Jared Maddux
50   Buford Ellington
(1907–1972)		 January 16, 1967
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January 16, 1971		 Democratic MS Farmer   Frank Gorrell
51   Winfield Dunn
(b. 1927)		 January 16, 1971
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January 18, 1975		 Republican MS Dentist   John S. Wilder
52   Ray Blanton
(1930–1996)		 January 18, 1975
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January 17, 1979		 Democratic TN Farmer, businessman
53   Lamar Alexander
(b. 1940)		 January 20, 1979
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January 17, 1987		 Republican TN Lawyer, politician
54   Ned McWherter
(1930–2011)		 January 17, 1987
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January 21, 1995		 Democratic TN Businessman
55   Don Sundquist
(b. 1936)		 January 21, 1995
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January 18, 2003		 Republican IL Businessman
56   Phil Bredesen
(b. 1943)		 January 18, 2003
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January 15, 2011		 Democratic NJ Businessman
  Ron Ramsey
57   Bill Haslam
(b. 1958)		 January 15, 2011
–
January 19, 2019		 Republican TN Businessman
  Randy McNally
58   Bill Lee
(b. 1959)		 January 19, 2019
–
present		 Republican TN Businessman

References

  1. ↑ Appointed governor by President George Washington
  2. ↑ Numbering of the Governors was deduced from the fact that the document at www.tn.gov/sos/bluebook/11-12/2_ExecutiveBranch.pdf identifies Bill Haslam as Tennessee's 49th Governor. Governors who served multiple non-consecutive terms have their numbers repeated in italics in subsequent terms.
  3. ↑ Harris continued issuing edicts as governor throughout the Civil War. Confederate Tennesseans elected Robert L. Caruthers as Harris's successor in 1863, but Caruthers never took office.
  4. ↑ East was Tennessee Secretary of State from 1862–1865, appointed by Andrew Johnson, the military governor of the state under Union occupation during the Civil War. After Johnson was inaugurated as Vice President of the United States on March 4, 1865, East became the Acting Governor of Tennessee until William G. Brownlow, the "elected" governor of Tennessee, was inaugurated on April 5, 1865. The official Tennessee Blue Book does not include East in its list of former governors.
  5. ↑ Peay was the only Governor of Tennessee to die in office, and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Henry Horton.


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