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Tennessee's 2nd congressional district

81 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1805. Now: Tim Burchett R.

Holders
81
61 R · 5 W · 4 J · 4 D · 2 A · 1 U · 1 AJ · 1 J · 1 IRD · 1 U
Longest tenure
8.2 years
John J. Duncan, Jr.
Current
7.8 years
Tim Burchett, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/tn-2Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020George Washington Campbell · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Campbell · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanPleasant Moorman Miller · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Sevier · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Sevier · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Grainger Blount · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Grainger Blount · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Cocke · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Cocke · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Cocke · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04John Cocke · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonPryor Lea · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonPryor Lea · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonThomas Dickens Arnold · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti JacksonianSamuel Bunch · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonSamuel Bunch · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonianAbraham McClellan · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratAbraham McClellan · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratAbraham McClellan · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Tandy Senter · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigWilliam Michael Cocke · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigWilliam Michael Cocke · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigAlbert Galiton Watkins · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigAlbert Galiton Watkins · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigWilliam Montgomery Churchwell · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Sneed · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanHorace Maynard · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanHorace Maynard · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratHorace Maynard · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistHorace Maynard · 1865-12-04 – 1873-03-04 · Unconditional Unionist → RepublicanJacob Montgomery Thornburgh · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Montgomery Thornburgh · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Montgomery Thornburgh · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanLeonidas Campbell Houk · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanLeonidas Campbell Houk · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanLeonidas Campbell Houk · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanLeonidas Campbell Houk · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanLeonidas Campbell Houk · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanLeonidas Campbell Houk · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanLeonidas Campbell Houk · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Chiles Houk · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Richard Gibson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Richard Gibson · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Richard Gibson · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Richard Gibson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Richard Gibson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Wesley Hale · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Wesley Hale · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Wilson Austin · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Wilson Austin · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Wilson Austin · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Wilson Austin · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Wilson Austin · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJames Willis Taylor · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJames Willis Taylor · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJames Willis Taylor · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanJames Willis Taylor · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanJames Willis Taylor · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanJames Willis Taylor · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJames Willis Taylor · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJames Willis Taylor · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Jennings Jr. · 1943-01-06 – 1951-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Henry Baker · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Henry Baker · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanJohn James Duncan · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJohn James Duncan · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn James Duncan · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJohn James Duncan · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJohn James Duncan · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanJohn James Duncan · 1987-01-06 – 1988-06-22 · RepublicanJohn J. Duncan, Jr. · 1988-11-08 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJohn J. Duncan, Jr. · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJohn J. Duncan, Jr. · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJohn J. Duncan, Jr. · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJohn J. Duncan, Jr. · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJohn J. Duncan, Jr. · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Chiles Houk · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Jennings Jr. · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Henry Baker · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanIrene Bailey Baker · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanTim Burchett · 2019-01-03 – present · Republican
Tim Burchett R
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
John J. Duncan, Jr. R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
John J. Duncan, Jr. R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
John J. Duncan, Jr. R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John J. Duncan, Jr. R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
John J. Duncan, Jr. R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
John J. Duncan, Jr. R
Nov 8, 1988 – Jan 4, 1997 · 8.2 years
John James Duncan R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jun 22, 1988 · 18 months
John James Duncan R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
John James Duncan R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John James Duncan R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John James Duncan R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John James Duncan R
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Howard Henry Baker R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Irene Bailey Baker R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Howard Henry Baker R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Howard Henry Baker R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
John Jennings Jr. R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1951 · 8 years
John Jennings Jr. R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
James Willis Taylor R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
James Willis Taylor R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
James Willis Taylor R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
James Willis Taylor R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
James Willis Taylor R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
James Willis Taylor R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
James Willis Taylor R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
James Willis Taylor R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Richard Wilson Austin R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Richard Wilson Austin R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Richard Wilson Austin R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Richard Wilson Austin R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Richard Wilson Austin R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Nathan Wesley Hale R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Nathan Wesley Hale R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Henry Richard Gibson R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Henry Richard Gibson R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Henry Richard Gibson R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Henry Richard Gibson R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Henry Richard Gibson R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Chiles Houk R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Leonidas Campbell Houk R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Chiles Houk R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Leonidas Campbell Houk R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Leonidas Campbell Houk R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Leonidas Campbell Houk R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Leonidas Campbell Houk R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Leonidas Campbell Houk R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Leonidas Campbell Houk R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Horace Maynard UU→R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1873 · 7.2 years
Horace Maynard U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Horace Maynard IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Horace Maynard A
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
William Henry Sneed A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
William Montgomery Churchwell D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Albert Galiton Watkins W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Albert Galiton Watkins W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Michael Cocke W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William Michael Cocke W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
William Tandy Senter W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Abraham McClellan D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Abraham McClellan D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Abraham McClellan D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Samuel Bunch J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Samuel Bunch J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Thomas Dickens Arnold AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Pryor Lea J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Pryor Lea J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Cocke J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John Cocke
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
John Cocke R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
John Cocke R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
William Grainger Blount R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
William Grainger Blount R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
John Sevier R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
John Sevier R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Pleasant Moorman Miller R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
George Washington Campbell R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
George Washington Campbell R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.