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Tennessee's 5th congressional district

83 members have held this seat since May 24, 1813. Now: Andrew Ogles R.

Holders
83
60 D · 10 R · 5 J · 2 A · 1 U · 1 AJ · 1 W · 1 IRD · 1 U · 1 ID
Longest tenure
9 years
Robert Clement
Current
3.8 years
Andrew Ogles, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/tn-5Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Newton Cannon · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanNewton Cannon · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Claiborne · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanNewton Cannon · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanNewton Cannon · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Allen · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Robert Allen · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonRobert Desha · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonRobert Desha · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Hall · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJohn B. Forester · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJohn B. Forester · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · Anti-JacksonianHopkins Lacy Turney · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratHopkins Lacy Turney · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratHopkins Lacy Turney · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Jones · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Jones · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Jones · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Jones · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Jones · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratCharles Ready · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigCharles Ready · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanCharles Ready · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanRobert Hopkins Hatton · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratWilliam Bowen Campbell · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · UnionistJohn Trimble · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Farrand Prosser · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Isaac Golladay · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratHorace Harrison Harrison · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Morgan Bright · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJohn Morgan Bright · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJohn Morgan Bright · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratRichard Warner · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratRichard Warner · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJames Daniel Richardson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJames Daniel Richardson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJames Daniel Richardson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJames Daniel Richardson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJames Daniel Richardson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJames Daniel Richardson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJames Daniel Richardson · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJames Daniel Richardson · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJames Daniel Richardson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJames Daniel Richardson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cannon Houston · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cannon Houston · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cannon Houston · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cannon Houston · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cannon Houston · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cannon Houston · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cannon Houston · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratEwin Lamar Davis · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratEwin Lamar Davis · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratEwin Lamar Davis · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratEwin Lamar Davis · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratEwin Lamar Davis · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratEwin Lamar Davis · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratEwin Lamar Davis · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Wellington Byrns · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratRichard Merrill Atkinson · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratJames Percy Priest · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · Ind. DemocratJim Nance McCord · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Landon Evins · 1947-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Carlton Loser · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Carlton Loser · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRichard Harmon Fulton · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRichard Harmon Fulton · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRichard Harmon Fulton · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRichard Harmon Fulton · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Hill Boner · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Hill Boner · 1987-01-06 – 1987-10-06 · DemocratRobert Clement · 1988-01-19 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratRobert Clement · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRobert Clement · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratJim Cooper · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJim Cooper · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratJim Cooper · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratFelix Grundy · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Wellington Byrns Jr. · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratHarold Henderson Earthman · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratJames Percy Priest · 1953-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratClifford Robertson Allen · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratAndrew Ogles · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Andrew Ogles R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Jim Cooper D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Jim Cooper D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Jim Cooper D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Robert Clement D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Robert Clement D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Robert Clement D
Jan 19, 1988 – Jan 4, 1997 · 9 years
William Hill Boner D
Jan 6, 1987 – Oct 6, 1987 · 9 months
William Hill Boner D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Richard Harmon Fulton D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Clifford Robertson Allen D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Richard Harmon Fulton D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Richard Harmon Fulton D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Richard Harmon Fulton D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Joseph Carlton Loser D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Joseph Carlton Loser D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
James Percy Priest D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1957 · 4 years
Joseph Landon Evins D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1953 · 6 years
Harold Henderson Earthman D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Jim Nance McCord D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
James Percy Priest ID
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Richard Merrill Atkinson D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
Joseph Wellington Byrns D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Ewin Lamar Davis D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Ewin Lamar Davis D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Ewin Lamar Davis D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Ewin Lamar Davis D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Ewin Lamar Davis D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Ewin Lamar Davis D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Ewin Lamar Davis D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Cannon Houston D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Cannon Houston D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Cannon Houston D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Cannon Houston D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Cannon Houston D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Cannon Houston D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Cannon Houston D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Daniel Richardson D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James Daniel Richardson D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
James Daniel Richardson D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
James Daniel Richardson D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James Daniel Richardson D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Daniel Richardson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
James Daniel Richardson D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James Daniel Richardson D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James Daniel Richardson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Daniel Richardson D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Richard Warner D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Richard Warner D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Morgan Bright D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Morgan Bright D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Morgan Bright D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Horace Harrison Harrison R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Edward Isaac Golladay D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
William Farrand Prosser R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
John Trimble R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
William Bowen Campbell U
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Robert Hopkins Hatton IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Charles Ready A
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Charles Ready A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Charles Ready W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
George Washington Jones D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
George Washington Jones D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
George Washington Jones D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
George Washington Jones D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
George Washington Jones D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Hopkins Lacy Turney D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Hopkins Lacy Turney D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Hopkins Lacy Turney D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
John B. Forester AJ
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John B. Forester J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
William Hall J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Robert Desha J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Robert Desha J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Robert Allen J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Robert Allen
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Newton Cannon R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Newton Cannon R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Thomas Claiborne R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Newton Cannon R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Newton Cannon R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Felix Grundy R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months

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