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State of Tennessee
Governors
List of Tennessee State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| William Blount | Sep 20, 1790
Mar 30, 1796 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Sevier | Sep 23, 1803
Sep 20, 1809 | Democratic-Republican |
| Archibald Roane | Sep 23, 1801
Sep 23, 1803 | Democratic-Republican |
| Willie Blount | Sep 20, 1809
Sep 27, 1815 | Democratic-Republican |
| Joseph McMinn | Sep 27, 1815
Oct 1, 1821 | Democratic-Republican |
| William Carroll | Oct 1, 1829
Oct 12, 1835 | Democratic |
| Sam Houston | Oct 1, 1827
Apr 16, 1829 | Democratic-Republican |
| William Hall | Apr 16, 1829
Oct 1, 1829 | Democratic |
| Newton Cannon | Oct 12, 1835
Oct 14, 1839 | Whig |
| James K. Polk | Oct 14, 1839
Oct 15, 1841 | Democratic |
| James C. Jones | Oct 15, 1841
Oct 14, 1845 | Whig |
| Aaron V. Brown | Oct 14, 1845
Oct 17, 1847 | Democratic |
| Neill S. Brown | Oct 17, 1847
Oct 16, 1849 | Whig |
| William Trousdale | Oct 16, 1849
Oct 16, 1851 | Democratic |
| William B. Campbell | Oct 16, 1851
Oct 17, 1853 | Whig |
| Andrew Johnson | Mar 12, 1862
Mar 4, 1865 | Democratic/Military |
| Isham G. Harris | Nov 3, 1857
Mar 12, 1862 | Democratic |
| Edward H. East | Mar 4, 1865
Apr 5, 1865 | Republican |
| William G. Brownlow | Apr 5, 1865
Feb 25, 1869 | Republican |
| Dewitt Clinton Senter | Feb 25, 1869
Oct 10, 1871 | Republican |
| John C. Brown | Oct 10, 1871
Jan 18, 1875 | Democratic |
| James D. Porter, Jr. | Jan 18, 1875
Feb 16, 1879 | Democratic |
| Albert S. Marks | Feb 16, 1879
Jan 17, 1881 | Democratic |
| Alvin Hawkins | Jan 17, 1881
Jan 15, 1883 | Republican |
| William B. Bate | Jan 15, 1883
Jan 17, 1887 | Democratic |
| Robert Love Taylor | Jan 21, 1897
Jan 16, 1899 | Democratic |
| John P. Buchanan | Jan 19, 1891
Jan 16, 1893 | Farm-Labor |
| Peter Turney | Jan 16, 1893
Jan 21, 1897 | Democratic |
| Benton McMillin | Jan 16, 1899
Jan 19, 1903 | Democratic |
| James B. Frazier | Jan 19, 1903
Mar 21, 1905 | Democratic |
| John I. Cox | Mar 21, 1905
Jan 17, 1907 | Democratic |
| Malcolm R. Patterson | Jan 17, 1907
Jan 26, 1911 | Democratic |
| Ben W. Hooper | Jan 26, 1911
Jan 17, 1915 | Republican |
| Tom C. Rye | Jan 17, 1915
Jan 15, 1919 | Democratic |
| A. H. Roberts | Jan 15, 1919
Jan 15, 1921 | Democratic |
| Alfred A. Taylor | Jan 15, 1921
Jan 16, 1923 | Republican |
| Austin Peay | Jan 16, 1923
Oct 3, 1927 | Democratic |
| Henry Hollis Horton | Oct 3, 1927
Jan 17, 1933 | Democratic |
| Harry Hill McAlister | Jan 17, 1933
Jan 15, 1937 | Democratic |
| Gordon Browning | Jan 16, 1949
Jan 15, 1953 | Democratic |
| Prentice Cooper | Jan 16, 1939
Jan 16, 1945 | Democratic |
| Jim Nance McCord | Jan 16, 1945
Jan 16, 1949 | Democratic |
| Frank G. Clement | Jan 15, 1963
Jan 16, 1967 | Democratic |
| Buford Ellington | Jan 16, 1967
Jan 16, 1971 | Democratic |
| Winfield Dunn | Jan 16, 1971
Jan 18, 1975 | Republican |
| Ray Blanton | Jan 18, 1975
Jan 16, 1979 | Democratic |
| Lamar Alexander | Jan 16, 1979
Jan 17, 1987 | Republican |
| Ned McWherter | Jan 17, 1987
Jan 21, 1995 | Democratic |
| Donald K. Sundquist | Jan 21, 1995
Jan 18, 2003 | Republican |
| Phil Bredesen | Jan 18, 2003
Incumbent | Democratic |
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