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.
United States Senate
House of Representatives
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
1796 - 1803: 1 seat
Until 1803, Tennessee elected one representative, at-large, state-wide.
1803 - 1813: 3 seats
Tennessee elected three representatives, at-large, state-wide for the 8th Congress, and then in separate districts after that.
1813 - 1823: 6 seats
Tennessee elected six representatives from districts.
1823 - 1833: 9 seats
From 1823 to 1833, Tennessee elected nine representatives.
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.
1853 - 1863: 10 seats
After the
1850 census, Tennessee lost 1 seat.
1863 - 1873: 8 seats
After the
1860 census, Tennessee lost 2 seats.
1873 - present: 10 seats
After the
1870 census, Tennessee gained 2 seats.
Congress
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District
|
At-large seat
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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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)
|
Haywood Yancey Riddle
(D)
|
45th
(1877–1879)
|
James Henry Randolph
(R)
|
46th
(1879–1881)
|
Robert Love Taylor
(D)
|
Leonidas C. Houk
(R)
|
Benton McMillin
(D)
|
Charles Bryson Simonton
(D)
|
47th
(1881–1883)
|
Augustus Herman Pettibone
(R)
|
Richard Warner
(D)
|
William Robert Moore
(R)
|
48th
(1883–1885)
|
Andrew Jackson Caldwell
(D)
|
John Goff Ballentine
(D)
|
John May Taylor
(D)
|
Rice Alexander Pierce
(D)
|
H. Casey Young
(D)
|
49th
(1885–1887)
|
John R. Neal
(D)
|
James D. Richardson
(D)
|
Presley T. Glass
(D)
|
Zachary Taylor
(R)
|
50th
(1887–1889)
|
Roderick R. Butler
(R)
|
Joseph E. Washington
(D)
|
Washington C. Whitthorne
(D)
|
Benjamin A. Enloe
(D)
|
James Phelan
(D)
|
51st
(1889–1891)
|
Alfred A. Taylor
(R)
|
Henry Clay Evans
(R)
|
Rice Alexander Pierce
(D)
|
52nd
(1891–1893)
|
Henry C. Snodgrass
(D)
|
Nicholas N. Cox
(D)
|
Josiah Patterson
(D)
|
John C. Houk
(R)
|
53rd
(1893–1895)
|
James C. McDearmon
(D)
|
54th
(1895–1897)
|
William Coleman Anderson
(R)
|
Henry R. Gibson
(R)
|
Foster V. Brown
(R)
|
John E. McCall
(R)
|
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)
|
56th
(1899–1901)
|
Charles Edward Snodgrass
(D)
|
57th
(1901–1903)
|
Lemuel P. Padgett
(D)
|
Malcolm R. Patterson
(D)
|
58th
(1903–1905)
|
Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick
(D)
|
59th
(1905–1907)
|
Nathan W. Hale
(R)
|
Mounce G. Butler
(D)
|
William C. Houston
(D)
|
Finis J. Garrett
(D)
|
60th
(1907–1909)
|
Cordell Hull
(D)
|
George W. Gordon
(D)
|
61st
(1909–1911)
|
Richard W. Austin
(R)
|
Joseph W. Byrns
(D)
|
Zachary D. Massey
(R)
|
62nd
(1911–1913)
|
Sam R. Sells
(R)
|
Kenneth D. McKellar
(D)
|
63rd
(1913–1915)
|
64th
(1915–1917)
|
65th
(1917–1919)
|
Hubert Fisher
(D)
|
66th
(1919–1921)
|
J. Will Taylor
(R)
|
Ewin L. Davis
(D)
|
67th
(1921–1923)
|
B. Carroll Reece
(R)
|
Joseph Edgar Brown
(R)
|
Wynne F. Clouse
(R)
|
Lon A. Scott
(R)
|
Clarence W. Turner
(D)
|
68th
(1923–1925)
|
Samuel Davis McReynolds
(D)
|
Cordell Hull
(D)
|
William C. Salmon
(D)
|
Gordon Browning
(D)
|
69th
(1925–1927)
|
Edward E. Eslick
(D)
|
70th
(1927–1929)
|
71st
(1929–1931)
|
Jere Cooper
(D)
|
72nd
(1931–1933)
|
Oscar B. Lovette
(R)
|
John R. Mitchell
(D)
|
Edward H. Crump
(D)
|
Willa McC. Blake Eslick
(D)
|
73rd
(1933–1935)
|
B. Carroll Reece
(R)
|
Jo Byrns
(D)
|
Clarence W. Turner
(D)
|
Gordon Browning
(D)
|
Jere Cooper
(D)
|
Edward H. Crump
(D)
|
74th
(1935–1937)
|
Herron C. Pearson
(D)
|
Walter "Clift" Chandler
(D)
|
75th
(1937–1939)
|
Richard M. Atkinson
(D)
|
76th
(1939–1941)
|
Al Gore, Sr.
(D)
|
Jo Byrns, Jr.
(D)
|
John Jennings, Jr.
(R)
|
Estes Kefauver
(D)
|
W. Wirt Courtney
(D)
|
Clifford Davis
(D)
|
77th
(1941–1943)
|
J. Percy Priest
(D)
|
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)
|
79th
(1945–1947)
|
Harold Earthman
(D)
|
80th
(1947–1949)
|
Dayton E. Phillips
(R)
|
Joe L. Evins
(D)
|
81st
(1949–1951)
|
James B. Frazier, Jr.
(D)
|
James P. Sutton
(D)
|
82nd
(1951–1953)
|
B. Carroll Reece
(R)
|
Howard Baker, Sr.
(R)
|
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)
|
84th
(1955–1957)
|
Joe L. Evins
(D)
|
Ross Bass
(D)
|
85th
(1957–1959)
|
J. Carlton Loser
(D)
|
Fats Everett
(D)
|
86th
(1959–1961)
|
87th
(1961–1963)
|
Louise G. Reece
(R)
|
88th
(1963–1965)
|
Jimmy Quillen
(R)
|
Bill Brock
(R)
|
Dick Fulton
(D)
|
Irene Bailey Baker
(R)
|
89th
(1965–1967)
|
John Duncan, Sr.
(R)
|
William R. Anderson
(D)
|
George W. Grider
(D)
|
90th
(1967–1969)
|
Ray Blanton
(D)
|
Dan Kuykendall
(R)
|
91st
(1969–1971)
|
Ed Jones
(D)
|
92nd
(1971–1973)
|
LaMar Baker
(R)
|
93rd
(1973–1975)
|
Robin L. Beard, Jr.
(R)
|
Ed Jones
(D)
|
Dan Kuykendall
(R)
|
94th
(1975–1977)
|
Marilyn Lloyd
(D)
|
Harold Ford, Sr.
(D)
|
Clifford Allen
(D)
|
95th
(1977–1979)
|
Al Gore
(D)
|
96th
(1979–1981)
|
Bill Boner
(D)
|
97th
(1981–1983)
|
98th
(1983–1985)
|
Jim Cooper
(D)
|
Al Gore
(D)
|
Don Sundquist
(R)
|
Ed Jones
(D)
|
Harold Ford, Sr.
(D)
|
99th
(1985–1987)
|
Bart Gordon
(D)
|
100th
(1987–1989)
|
John Duncan
(R)
|
Bob Clement
(D)
|
101st
(1989–1991)
|
John S. Tanner
(D)
|
102nd
(1991–1993)
|
103rd
(1993–1995)
|
104th
(1995–1997)
|
Zach Wamp
(R)
|
Van Hilleary
(R)
|
Ed Bryant
(R)
|
105th
(1997–1999)
|
William L. Jenkins
(R)
|
Harold E. Ford, Jr.
(D)
|
106th
(1999–2001)
|
107th
(2001–2003)
|
108th
(2003–2005)
|
Lincoln Davis
(D)
|
Jim Cooper
(D)
|
Marsha Blackburn
(R)
|
109th
(2005–2007)
|
110th
(2007–2009)
|
David Davis
(R)
|
Steve Cohen
(D)
|
111th
(2009–2011)
|
Phil Roe
(R)
|
112th
(2011–2013)
|
Chuck Fleischmann
(R)
|
Scott DesJarlais
(R)
|
Diane Black
(R)
|
Stephen Fincher
(R)
|
113th (2013–2015)
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Congress
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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8th
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9th
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10th
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District
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Key
Key to party COLORS and ABBREVIATIONS for Members of the U.S. Congress
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