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Tennessee's 10th congressional district

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Tennessee's 10th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1830
1875
1940
Eliminated1860
1930
1950
Years active1833–1863
1875–1933
1943–1953

Tennessee's 10th congressional district was a district of the United States Congress in Tennessee. It was lost to redistricting in 1953. Its last Representative was Clifford Davis.

List of representatives

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Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Note
District established March 4, 1833
William M. Inge
(Fayetteville)
Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd Elected in 1833.
Retired.
Ebenezer J. Shields
(Pulaski)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24th
25th
Elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Lost re-election.
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839

Aaron V. Brown
(Pulaski)
Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
26th
27th
Elected in 1839.
Re-elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 6th district.
John B. Ashe
(Brownsville)
Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Elected in 1843.
Retired.

Frederick P. Stanton
(Memphis)
Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1855
29th
30th
31st
32nd
33rd
Elected in 1845.
Re-elected in 1847.
Re-elected in 1849.
Re-elected in 1851.
Re-elected in 1853.
Retired.
Thomas Rivers
(Somerville)
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th Elected in 1855.
Retired.

William T. Avery
(Pulaski)
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861
35th
36th
Elected in 1857.
Re-elected in 1859.
Could not seek re-election, as West Tennessee seceded.
District inactive March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
37th Civil War
District dissolved March 4, 1863
District re-established March 4, 1875

H. Casey Young
(Memphis)
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1881
44th
45th
46th
Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Lost re-election.

William R. Moore
(Memphis)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
Renominated but declined.

H. Casey Young
(Memphis)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Elected in 1882.
Retired.
Zachary Taylor
(Covington)
Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
49th Elected in 1884.
Lost re-election.

James Phelan, Jr.
(Memphis)
Democratic March 4, 1887 –
January 30, 1891
50th
51st
Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Retired but died before next term began.
Vacant January 30, 1891 –
March 4, 1891
51st

Josiah Patterson
(Memphis)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1897
52nd
53rd
54th
Elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Lost re-election as a National Democrat.

Edward W. Carmack
(Memphis)
Democratic March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901
55th
56th
Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Malcolm R. Patterson
(Memphis)
Democratic March 4, 1901 –
November 5, 1906
57th
58th
59th
Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Retired to run for Governor of Tennessee and resigned when elected.
Vacant November 5, 1906 –
March 4, 1907
59th

George Gordon
(Memphis)
Democratic March 4, 1907 –
August 9, 1911
60th
61st
62nd
Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Died.
Vacant August 9, 1911 –
December 4, 1911
62nd

Kenneth McKellar
(Memphis)
Democratic December 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1917
62nd
63rd
64th
Elected to finish Gordon's term.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Hubert Fisher
(Memphis)
Democratic March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1931
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
Elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Retired.

E. H. Crump
(Memphis)
Democratic March 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933
72nd Elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
District dissolved March 4, 1933
District re-established January 3, 1943

Clifford Davis
(Memphis)
Democratic January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1953
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
District dissolved January 3, 1953

Election results

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1920

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1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hubert Fisher (Incumbent) 23,987 80.46%
Republican Wayman Wilkerson 5,047 16.93%
Socialist G. J. Braun 779 2.61%
Total votes 29,813 100%
Democratic hold

1922

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1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hubert Fisher (Incumbent) 10,407 89.06%
Republican Thomas C. Phelan 1,279 10.94%
Total votes 11,686 100%
Democratic hold

1924

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1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hubert Fisher (Incumbent) 16,306 74.02%
Independent George H. Poole 2,923 13.27%
Republican Harry Spears 2,801 12.71%
Total votes 22,030 100%
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "1920 Election Statistics" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. p. 18. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "1922 Election Statistics" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. p. 15. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "1924 Election Statistics" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. p. 20. Retrieved January 9, 2023.