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.

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.
#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
1	William Cocke	Democratic-Republican	August 2, 1796 – September 26, 1797	Elected in 1796	1	4th	1	Elected in 1796. Expelled.	August 2, 1796 – July 8, 1797	Democratic-Republican	William Blount	1
				Appointed to begin the term due to failure of legislature to elect. Resigned when successor elected.	2	5th
								Elected to finish Blount's term. Resigned when elected to Class 1 seat.	July 8, 1797 – March 3, 1799	Democratic-Republican	Joseph Anderson	2
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. [data missing].
4	Joseph Anderson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1815	Elected to finish Jackson's term.		6th	2	Elected in 1799. [data missing].	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805	Democratic-Republican	William Cocke	3
						7th
				Re-elected in 1803	3	8th
						9th	3	Elected in 1805. Resigned.	March 4, 1805 – March 31, 1809	Democratic-Republican	Daniel Smith	4
						10th
				Re-elected in 1809. Retired.	4	11th
									April 1, 1809 – April 10, 1809	Vacant
								Elected to finish Smith's term.	April 11, 1809 – October 8, 1811	Democratic-Republican	Jenkin Whiteside	5
						12th	4	Re-elected in 1811. Resigned.
								Elected to finish Whiteside's term. Resigned.	October 8, 1811 – February 11, 1814	Democratic-Republican	George W. Campbell	6
						13th
									February 12, 1814 – March 16, 1814	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Campbell's term. Retired when successor elected.	March 17, 1814 – October 10, 1815	Democratic-Republican	Jesse Wharton	7
Vacant			March 4, 1815 – October 10, 1815	[data missing]	5	14th
5	George W. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	October 10, 1815 – April 20, 1818	Elected late in 1815. Resigned.				Elected to finish Campbell's term.	October 10, 1815 – March 3, 1823	Democratic-Republican	John Williams	8
						15th	5	Appointed to begin the term due to legislature's failure to elect. Elected to finish the term. Lost re-election.
Vacant			April 20, 1818 – September 27, 1818
6	John H. Eaton	Democratic-Republican	September 5, 1818 – March 4, 1821	Appointed to continue Cambell's term. Elected to finish Cambell's term. Legislature failed to elect.
						16th
	Vacant		March 4, 1821 – September 27, 1821		6	17th
	John H. Eaton	Democratic-Republican	September 27, 1821 – March 9, 1829	Re-elected late in 1821.
		Jackson Democratic-Republican				18th	6	Elected in 1823. Resigned.	March 4, 1823 – October 14, 1825	Jackson Democratic-Republican	Andrew Jackson	9
		Jacksonian				19th				Jacksonian
									October 15, 1825 – October 27, 1825	Vacant
								Elected to finish Jackson's term.	October 28, 1825 – January 13, 1840	Jacksonian	Hugh Lawson White	10
				Re-elected in 1827. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of War.	7	20th
						21st	7	Re-elected in 1829
Vacant			March 9, 1829 – October 19, 1829
7	Felix Grundy	Jacksonian	October 19, 1829 – July 4, 1838	Elected to finish Eaton's term.
						22nd
				Re-elected in 1833. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General.	8	23rd
						24th	8	Re-elected in 1835. Resigned because he could not conscientiously obey the instructions of his constituents.		Anti-Jacksonian
		Democratic				25th				Whig
Vacant			July 5, 1838 – September 16, 1838
8	Ephraim H. Foster	Whig	September 17, 1838 – March 3, 1839	Elected to finish Grundy's term. Re-elected but resigned to avoid disobeying instructions given him by the state legislature.
Vacant			March 3, 1839 – November 19, 1839		9	26th
9	Felix Grundy	Democratic	November 19, 1839 – December 19, 1840	Elected late in 1839. Died.
									January 13, 1840 – February 25, 1840	Vacant
								Elected to finish White's term. Retired.	February 25, 1840 – March 3, 1841	Democratic	Alexander O. Anderson	11
Vacant			December 19, 1840 – December 25, 1840
10	Alfred O. P. Nicholson	Democratic	December 25, 1840 – February 7, 1842	Appointed to continue Grundy's term. [data missing].
						27th	9	Legislature failed to elect.	March 4, 1841 – October 17, 1843	Vacant
Vacant			February 7, 1842 – October 17, 1843
						28th
11	Ephraim H. Foster	Whig	October 17, 1843 – March 3, 1845	Elected to finish Grundy's term. [data missing].				Elected to finish the vacant term. Lost re-election.	October 17, 1843 – March 3, 1847	Whig	Spencer Jarnagin	12
12	Hopkins L. Turney	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	Elected in 1844. [data missing].	10	29th
						30th	10	Legislature failed to elect.	March 4, 1847 – November 21, 1847	Vacant
								Elected late in 1847	November 22, 1847 – March 3, 1859	Whig	John Bell	13
						31st
13	James C. Jones	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1857	Elected in 1851. Retired.	11	32nd
						33rd	11	Re-elected in 1853. [data missing].
						34th
Vacant			March 4, 1857 – October 8, 1857	[data missing]	12	35th				Know-Nothing
14	Andrew Johnson	Democratic	October 8, 1857 – March 4, 1862	Elected in 1857 to finish the term. Resigned to become Military Governor of Tennessee.
						36th	12	Elected in 1858. Withdrew in anticipation of secession.	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	Democratic	Alfred O. P. Nicholson	14
						37th		U.S. Civil War	March 4, 1861 – July 24, 1866	Vacant
Vacant			March 4, 1862 – July 24, 1866	U.S. Civil War
					13	38th
						39th	13
15	David T. Patterson	Unionist	July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1869	Elected to finish the vacant term. Retired.				Elected to finish the vacant term. Retired.	July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1871	Unionist	Joseph S. Fowler	15
		Democratic				40th				Republican
16	William G. Brownlow	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	Elected in 1867 for the term beginning in 1869. Retired.	14	41st
						42nd	14	Elected in 1870 or 1871. Retired.	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877	Democratic	Henry Cooper	16
						43rd
17	Andrew Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – July 31, 1875	Elected in 1875. Died.	15	44th
18	David M. Key	Democratic	August 18, 1875 – January 19, 1877	Appointed to continue Johnson's term. Lost election to finish Johnson's term.
19	James E. Bailey	Democratic	January 19, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Elected to finish Johnson's term. Lost re-election.
						45th	15	Elected in 1876	March 4, 1877 – July 8, 1897	Democratic	Isham G. Harris	17
						46th
20	Howell Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – April 14, 1886	Elected in 1881. Resigned to become U.S. Circuit Judge.	16	47th
						48th	16	Re-elected in 1882
						49th
Vacant			April 14, 1886 – April 16, 1886
21	Washington C. Whitthorne	Democratic	April 16, 1886 – March 3, 1887	Appointed to continue Jackson's term. Elected to finish Jackson's term [data missing].
22	William B. Bate	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 9, 1905	Elected in 1887	17	50th
						51st	17	Re-elected in 1888
						52nd
				Re-elected in 1893	18	53rd
						54th	18	Re-elected in 1894. Died.
						55th
									July 9, 1897 – July 19, 1897	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Harris's term. Elected to finish Harris's term. Retired.	July 20, 1897 – March 3, 1901	Democratic	Thomas B. Turley	18
				Re-elected in 1899	19	56th
						57th	19	Elected in 1900. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	Democratic	Edward W. Carmack	19
						58th
				Re-elected in 1905. Died.	20	59th
Vacant			March 10, 1905 – March 20, 1905
23	James B. Frazier	Democratic	March 21, 1905 – March 3, 1911	Elected to finish Bate's term. Lost re-election.
						60th	20	Elected in 1906. Died.	March 4, 1907 – March 31, 1912	Democratic	Robert Love Taylor	20
						61st
24	Luke Lea	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	Elected in 1910. Lost renomination.	21	62nd
									April 1, 1912 – April 10, 1912	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Taylor's term. Retired when successor elected.	April 11, 1912 – January 24, 1913	Republican	Newell Sanders	21
								Elected to finish Taylor's term. Retired.	January 24, 1913 – March 3, 1913	Democratic	William R. Webb	22
						63rd	21	Elected in 1912	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925	Democratic	John K. Shields	23
						64th
25	Kenneth McKellar	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1953	Elected in 1916	22	65th
						66th	22	Re-elected in 1918. Lost renomination.
						67th
				Re-elected in 1922	23	68th
						69th	23	Elected in 1924. Died.	March 4, 1925 – August 24, 1929	Democratic	Lawrence D. Tyson	24
						70th
				Re-elected in 1928	24	71st
									August 25, 1929 – September 1, 1929	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Tyson's term. Elected to finish Tyson's term Retired.	September 2, 1929 – March 3, 1931	Democratic	William E. Brock	25
						72nd	24	Elected in 1930. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State.	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	Democratic	Cordell Hull	26
						73rd		Appointed to continue Hull's term. Elected to finish Hull's term.	March 4, 1933 – April 23, 1937	Democratic	Nathan L. Bachman	27
				Re-elected in 1934	25	74th
						75th	25	Re-elected in 1936. Died.
									April 24, 1937 – May 5, 1937	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Bachman's term. Retired when successor elected.	May 6, 1937 – November 8, 1938	Democratic	George L. Berry	28
								Elected to finish Bachman's term. Although eligible and elected, did not "take his seat" as he preferred to remain as district attorney general. Nevertheless, service begins when eligible and elected, not upon the taking of an oath.	November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1949	Democratic	Tom Stewart	29
						76th
				Re-elected in 1940	26	77th
						78th	26	Re-elected in 1942. Lost renomination.
						79th
				Re-elected in 1946. Lost renomination.	27	80th
						81st	27	Elected in 1948	January 3, 1949 – August 10, 1963	Democratic	Estes Kefauver	30
						82nd
26	Albert Gore, Sr.	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1971	Elected in 1952	28	83rd
						84th	28	Re-elected in 1954
						85th
				Re-elected in 1958	29	86th
						87th	29	Re-elected in 1960. Died.
						88th
									August 10, 1963 – August 20, 1963	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Kefauver's term Retired	August 20, 1963 – November 3, 1964	Democratic	Herbert S. Walters	31
								Elected to finish Kefauver's term. Lost renomination.	November 4, 1964 – January 2, 1967	Democratic	Ross Bass	32
				Re-elected in 1964. Lost re-election.	30	89th
						90th	30	Elected in 1966	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985	Republican	Howard Baker	33
						91st
27	Bill Brock	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	Elected in 1970. Lost re-election.	31	92nd
						93rd	31	Re-elected in 1972
						94th
28	Jim Sasser	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1995	Elected in 1976	32	95th
						96th	32	Re-elected in 1978. Retired.
						97th
				Re-elected in 1982	33	98th
						99th	33	Elected in 1984	January 3, 1985 – January 2, 1993	Democratic	Al Gore, Jr.	34
						100th
				Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election.	34	101st
						102nd	34	Re-elected in 1990. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.
									January 2, 1993 – January 5, 1993	Vacant
						103rd
								Appointed to continue Gore's term. Retired when successor elected.	January 5, 1993 – December 2, 1994	Democratic	Harlan Mathews	35
								Elected to finish Gore's term.	December 2, 1994 – January 3, 2003	Republican	Fred Thompson	36
29	Bill Frist	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007	Elected in 1994	35	104th
						105th	35	Re-elected in 1996. Retired.
						106th
				Re-elected in 2000. Retired.	36	107th
						108th	36	Elected in 2002	January 3, 2003 – Incumbent	Republican	Lamar Alexander	37
						109th
30	Bob Corker	Republican	January 3, 2007 – Present	Elected in 2006	37	110th
						111th	37	Re-elected in 2008
						112th
				Re-elected in 2012	38	113th
						114th	38	Re-elected in 2014
						115th
To be determined in the 2018 election.					39	116th
						117th	39	To be determined in the 2020 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

Living former U.S. Senators from Tennessee

As of November 2015, there are four living former Senators; three from Class 1 and one from Class 2.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Bill Brock	1971–1977	1	(1930-11-23) November 23, 1930
Jim Sasser	1977–1995	1	(1936-09-30) September 30, 1936
Al Gore	1985–1993	2	(1948-03-31) March 31, 1948
Bill Frist	1995–2007	1	(1952-02-22) February 22, 1952

See also

• United States Congressional Delegations from Tennessee
• List of United States Representatives from Tennessee