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. The current Senators are Republicans Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker.

1 Class 1
2 Class 2
3 References
4 See also

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	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	William Cocke	Democratic-Republican	August 2, 1796 – September 26, 1797	4	1	Elected in 1796
1	William Cocke	Democratic-Republican	August 2, 1796 – September 26, 1797	5	2	Appointed to begin the term due to failure of legislature to elect Resigned when successor elected
2	Andrew Jackson	Democratic-Republican	September 26, 1797 – April 1, 1798			Elected to finish Cocke's term Resigned
Vacant			April 1, 1798 – October 6, 1798
3	Daniel Smith	Democratic-Republican	October 6, 1798 – March 3, 1799			Appointed to finish Jackson's term
4	Joseph Anderson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1815	6		Elected to finish Jackson's term
				7		Elected to finish Jackson's term
				8	3	Re-elected in 1803
				9
				10
				11	4	Re-elected in 1809 Retired
				12
				13
Vacant			March 4, 1815 – October 10, 1815	14	5
5	George W. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	October 10, 1815 – April 20, 1818	14 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term Resigned
5	George W. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	October 10, 1815 – April 20, 1818	15		Elected to finish vacant term Resigned
Vacant			April 20, 1818 – September 27, 1818	15
6	John H. Eaton	Democratic-Republican	September 27, 1818 – March 9, 1829	15 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Cambell's term Elected to finish Cambell's term
				16
				17	6	Re-elected in 1821
				18
				19
				20	7	Re-elected in 1827 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of War
				21
Vacant			March 9, 1829 – October 19, 1829	21
7	Felix Grundy	Jacksonian	October 19, 1829 – July 4, 1838	21 (Continued)		Elected to finish Eaton's term
		Jacksonian		22		Elected to finish Eaton's term
		Democratic		23	8	Re-elected in 1833 Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General
				24
				25
Vacant			July 5, 1838 – September 16, 1838
8	Ephraim H. Foster	Whig	September 17, 1838 – March 3, 1839			Appointed to finish Grundy's term Re-elected but resigned to void disobeying instructions given him by the state legislature
Vacant			March 3, 1839 – November 19, 1839	26	9
9	Felix Grundy	Democratic	November 19, 1839 – December 19, 1840	26 (Continued)		Elected late in 1839 Died
Vacant			December 19, 1840 – December 25, 1840	26 (Continued)
10	Alfred O. P. Nicholson	Democratic	December 25, 1840 – February 7, 1842	26 (Continued)		Elected to finish Grundy's term
10	Alfred O. P. Nicholson	Democratic	December 25, 1840 – February 7, 1842	27		Elected to finish Grundy's term
Vacant			February 7, 1842 – October 17, 1843	27
Vacant			February 7, 1842 – October 17, 1843	28
11	Ephraim H. Foster	Whig	October 17, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28 (Continued)		Elected to finish Nicholson's term
12	Hopkins L. Turney	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	29	10	Elected in 1844
				30
				31
13	James C. Jones	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1857	32	11	Elected in 1850
		Whig		33
		Democratic		34
Vacant			March 4, 1857 – October 8, 1857	35	12
14	Andrew Johnson	Democratic	October 8, 1857 – March 4, 1862	35 (Continued)		Elected in 1856 Resigned to become Military Governor of Tennessee
				36
				37
Vacant			March 4, 1862 – July 24, 1866	37 (Continued)		U.S. Civil War
				38	13
				39
15	David T. Patterson	Unionist	July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1869	39 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term Retired
15	David T. Patterson	Democratic	July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1869	40		Elected to finish vacant term Retired
16	William G. Brownlow	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41	14	Elected in 1869 Retired
				42
				43
17	Andrew Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – July 31, 1875	44	15	Elected in 1875 Died
18	David M. Key	Democratic	August 18, 1875 – January 19, 1877	44		Appointed to continue Johnson's term Lost election to finish Johnson's term
19	James E. Bailey	Democratic	January 19, 1877 – March 3, 1881	44 (Continued)		Elected to finish Johnson's term Lost re-election
				45
				46
20	Howell Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – April 14, 1886	47	16	Elected in 1881 Resigned to become U.S. Circuit Judge
				48
				49
Vacant			April 14, 1886 – April 16, 1886	49
21	Washington C. Whitthorne	Democratic	April 16, 1886 – March 3, 1887	49 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Jackson's term Elected to finish Jackson's term
22	William B. Bate	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 9, 1905	50	17	Elected in 1887
				51
				52
				53	18	Re-elected in 1893
				54
				55
				56	19	Re-elected in 1899
				57
				58
				59	20	Re-elected in 1905 Died
Vacant			March 10, 1905 – March 20, 1905	59
23	James B. Frazier	Democratic	March 21, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59 (Continued)		Elected to finish Bate's term Lost re-election
				60
				61
24	Luke Lea	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	62	21	Elected in 1910 Lost renomination
				63
				64
25	Kenneth McKellar	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1953	65	22	Elected in 1916
				66
				67
				68	23	Re-elected in 1922
				69
				70
				71	24	Re-elected in 1928
				72
				73
				74	25	Re-elected in 1934
				75
				76
				77	26	Re-elected in 1940
				78
				79
				80	27	Re-elected in 1946 Lost renomination
				81
				82
26	Albert Gore, Sr.	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1971	83	28	Elected in 1952
				84
				85
				86	29	Re-elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	30	Re-elected in 1964 Lost re-election
				90
				91
27	Bill Brock	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	92	31	Elected in 1970 Lost re-election
				93
				94
28	Jim Sasser	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1995	95	32	Elected in 1976
				96
				97
				98	33	Re-elected in 1982
				99
				100
				101	34	Re-elected in 1988 Lost re-election
				102
				103
29	Bill Frist	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007	104	35	Elected in 1994
				105
				106
				107	36	Re-elected in 2000 Retired
				108
				109
30	Bob Corker	Republican	January 3, 2007 – Present	110	37	Elected in 2006
				111
				112
				113	38	Re-elected in 2012
				114
				115
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

Class 2 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	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	William Blount	Democratic-Republican	August 2, 1796 – July 8, 1797	4	1	Elected in 1796 Expelled
1	William Blount	Democratic-Republican	August 2, 1796 – July 8, 1797	5		Elected in 1796 Expelled
2	Joseph Anderson	Democratic-Republican	July 8, 1797 – March 3, 1799	5		Elected to finish Blount's term Resigned when elected to Class 1 seat
3	William Cocke	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805	6	2	Elected to finish Anderson's term
				7
				8
4	Daniel Smith	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 31, 1809	9	3	Elected in 1805 Resigned
				10
				11
Vacant			April 1, 1809 – April 10, 1809	11
5	Jenkin Whiteside	Democratic-Republican	April 11, 1809 – October 8, 1811	11 (Continued)		Elected to finish Smith's term
5	Jenkin Whiteside	Democratic-Republican	April 11, 1809 – October 8, 1811	12	4	Re-elected in 1809 Resigned
6	George W. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	October 8, 1811 – February 11, 1814	12 (Continued)		Elected to finish Whiteside's term Resigned
6	George W. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	October 8, 1811 – February 11, 1814	13		Elected to finish Whiteside's term Resigned
Vacant			February 12, 1814 – March 16, 1814	13
7	Jesse Wharton	Democratic-Republican	March 17, 1814 – October 10, 1815	13 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Campbell's term Retired when successor elected
7	Jesse Wharton	Democratic-Republican	March 17, 1814 – October 10, 1815	14
8	John Williams	Democratic-Republican	October 10, 1815 – March 3, 1823	14 (Continued)		Elected to finish Campbell's term
				15	5	Appointed to continue his term due to legislature's failure to elect Elected to finish his term Lost re-election
				16
				17
9	Andrew Jackson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – October 14, 1825	18	6	Elected in 1823 Resigned
9	Andrew Jackson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – October 14, 1825	19		Elected in 1823 Resigned
Vacant			October 15, 1825 – October 27, 1825	19
10	Hugh Lawson White	Jacksonian	October 28, 1825 – January 13, 1840	19 (Continued)		Elected to finish Jackson's term
				20		Elected to finish Jackson's term
				21	7	Re-elected in 1829
				22
				23
		Anti-Jacksonian		24	8	Re-elected in 1835 Resigned because he could not conscientiously obey the instructions of his constituents^[1]
		Whig		25
		Whig		26
11	Alexander O. Anderson	Democratic	February 25, 1840 – March 3, 1841	26 (Continued)		Elected to finish White's term Retired
Vacant			March 4, 1841 – October 17, 1843	27	9	Legislature failed to elect
Vacant			March 4, 1841 – October 17, 1843	28		Legislature failed to elect
12	Spencer Jarnagin	Whig	October 17, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term Lost re-election
12	Spencer Jarnagin	Whig	October 17, 1843 – March 3, 1847	29		Elected to finish vacant term Lost re-election
Vacant			March 4, 1847 – November 21, 1847	30	10
13	John Bell	Whig	November 22, 1847 – March 3, 1859	30 (Continued)		Elected late in 1847
				31
				32
				33	11	Re-elected in 1853
				34
				35
14	Alfred O. P. Nicholson	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36	12	Elected in 1859 Withdrew in anticipation of secession
Vacant			March 4, 1861 – July 23, 1866	37		U.S. Civil War
				38
				39	13
15	Joseph S. Fowler	Unionist	July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1871	39 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term Retired
		Republican		40
		Republican		41
16	Henry Cooper	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877	42	14	Elected in 1870 Retired
				43
				44
17	Isham G. Harris	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – July 8, 1897	45	15	Elected in 1876
				46
				47
				48	16	Re-elected in 1884
				49
				50
				51	17	Re-elected in 1890
				52
				53
				54	18	Re-elected in 1896 Died
				55		Re-elected in 1896 Died
Vacant			July 9, 1897 – July 19, 1897	55 (Continued)
18	Thomas B. Turley	Democratic	July 20, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Harris's term Elected to finish Harris's term Retired
18	Thomas B. Turley	Democratic	July 20, 1897 – March 3, 1901	56
19	Edward W. Carmack	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	57	19	Elected in 1900 Lost re-election
				58
				59
20	Robert Love Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 31, 1912	60	20	Elected in 1906 Died
				61
				62
Vacant			April 1, 1912 – April 10, 1912
21	Newell Sanders	Republican	April 11, 1912 – January 24, 1913			Appointed to continue Taylor's term Retired when successor elected
22	William R. Webb	Democratic	January 24, 1913 – March 3, 1913	62 (Continued)		Elected to finish Taylor's term Retired
23	John K. Shields	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925	63	21	Elected in 1912
				64
				65
				66	22	Re-elected in 1918 Lost renomination
				67
				68
24	Lawrence D. Tyson	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – August 24, 1929	69	23	Elected in 1924 Died
				70
				71
Vacant			August 25, 1929 – September 1, 1929	71
25	William E. Brock	Democratic	September 2, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Tyson's term Elected to finish Tyson's term Retired
26	Cordell Hull	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72	24	Elected in 1930 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State
27	Nathan L. Bachman	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – April 23, 1937	73		Appointed to continue Hull's term Elected to finish Hull's term
				74
				75	25	Re-elected in 1936 Died
Vacant			April 24, 1937 – May 5, 1937
28	George L. Berry	Democratic	May 6, 1937 – November 8, 1938			Appointed to continue Bachman's term Retired when successor elected
Vacant			November 9, 1938 – January 16, 1939	75 (Continued)		Successor elected who preferred to remain as district attorney general
Vacant			November 9, 1938 – January 16, 1939	76
29	Tom Stewart	Democratic	January 16, 1939 – January 3, 1949	76 (Continued)		Elected to finish Bachman's term
				77		Elected to finish Bachman's term
				78	26	Re-elected in 1942 Lost renomination
				79
				80
30	Estes Kefauver	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – August 10, 1963	81	27	Elected in 1948
				82
				83
				84	28	Re-elected in 1954
				85
				86
				87	29	Re-elected in 1960 Died
				88		Re-elected in 1960 Died
Vacant			August 10, 1963 – August 20, 1963
31	Herbert S. Walters	Democratic	August 20, 1963 – November 3, 1964			Appointed to continue Kefauver's term Retired
32	Ross Bass	Democratic	November 4, 1964 – January 2, 1967	88 (Continued)		Elected to finish Kefauver's term Lost renomination
32	Ross Bass	Democratic	November 4, 1964 – January 2, 1967	89		Elected to finish Kefauver's term Lost renomination
33	Howard Baker	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985	90	30	Elected in 1966
				91
				92
				93	31	Re-elected in 1972
				94
				95
				96	32	Re-elected in 1978 Retired
				97
				98
34	Al Gore, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1985 – January 2, 1993	99	33	Elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	34	Re-elected in 1990 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
Vacant			January 2, 1993 – January 5, 1993	102 (Continued)
Vacant			January 2, 1993 – January 5, 1993	103
35	Harlan Mathews	Democratic	January 5, 1993 – December 2, 1994	103 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Gore's term Retired when successor elected
36	Fred Thompson	Republican	December 2, 1994 – January 3, 2003	103 (Continued)		Elected to finish Gore's term
				104		Elected to finish Gore's term
				105	35	Re-elected in 1996 Retired
				106
				107
37	Lamar Alexander	Republican	January 3, 2003 – Incumbent	108	36	Elected in 2002
				109
				110
				111	37	Re-elected in 2008
				112
				113
				114	38	Re-elected in 2014
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References

^ "WHITE, Hugh Lawson, (1773–1840)".

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