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Tennessee's 7th congressional district

75 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Now: Matt Van Epps R.

Holders
75
49 D · 11 R · 10 W · 5 J
Longest tenure
8 years
Herron Carney Pearson
Current
10 months
Matt Van Epps, since Dec 4, 2025
history/seat/tn-7Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Samuel Houston · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Houston · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJohn Bell · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonJohn Bell · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJohn Bell · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJohn Bell · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJohn Bell · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigJohn Bell · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJohn Bell · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigRobert Looney Caruthers · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigDavid W. Dickinson · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigMeredith Poindexter Gentry · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigMeredith Poindexter Gentry · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigMeredith Poindexter Gentry · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigMeredith Poindexter Gentry · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigRobert Malone Bugg · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigJohn Vines Wright · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJohn Vines Wright · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Vines Wright · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Roberts Hawkins · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · Unionist → RepublicanRobert Porter Caldwell · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJohn DeWitt Clinton Atkins · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratWashington Curran Whitthorne · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratWashington Curran Whitthorne · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratWashington Curran Whitthorne · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratWashington Curran Whitthorne · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJohn Goff Ballentine · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Goff Ballentine · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWashington Curran Whitthorne · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratWashington Curran Whitthorne · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratNicholas Nichols Cox · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratNicholas Nichols Cox · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratNicholas Nichols Cox · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratNicholas Nichols Cox · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratNicholas Nichols Cox · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Phillips Padgett · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Salmon · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratEdward Everett Eslick · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratEdward Everett Eslick · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratEdward Everett Eslick · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratEdward Everett Eslick · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratGordon Weaver Browning · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Wirt Courtney · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Murray · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Murray · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Murray · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratLeonard Ray Blanton · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratLeonard Ray Blanton · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratEd Jones · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratEd Jones · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratDonald Kenneth Sundquist · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · RepublicanEd Bryant · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanEd Bryant · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanEd Bryant · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanMarsha Blackburn · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanMarsha Blackburn · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanMarsha Blackburn · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanMatt Van Epps · 2025-12-04 – present · RepublicanClarence Wyly Turner · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratWilla McCord Blake Eslick · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratHerron Carney Pearson · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJames Patrick Sutton · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratEd Jones · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratDonald Kenneth Sundquist · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanMark E. Green · 2019-01-03 – 2025-07-22 · Republican
Matt Van Epps R
Dec 4, 2025 – present · 10 months
Mark E. Green R
Jan 3, 2019 – Jul 22, 2025 · 6.5 years
Marsha Blackburn R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Marsha Blackburn R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Marsha Blackburn R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Ed Bryant R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Ed Bryant R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Ed Bryant R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Ed Jones D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Ed Jones D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Ed Jones D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Leonard Ray Blanton D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Leonard Ray Blanton D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Thomas Jefferson Murray D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Thomas Jefferson Murray D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Thomas Jefferson Murray D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
James Patrick Sutton D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
William Wirt Courtney D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Herron Carney Pearson D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Gordon Weaver Browning D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Edward Everett Eslick D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Willa McCord Blake Eslick D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Edward Everett Eslick D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Edward Everett Eslick D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Edward Everett Eslick D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Charles Salmon D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Clarence Wyly Turner D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Nicholas Nichols Cox D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Nicholas Nichols Cox D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Nicholas Nichols Cox D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Nicholas Nichols Cox D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Nicholas Nichols Cox D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Washington Curran Whitthorne D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Washington Curran Whitthorne D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Goff Ballentine D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Goff Ballentine D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Washington Curran Whitthorne D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Washington Curran Whitthorne D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Washington Curran Whitthorne D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Washington Curran Whitthorne D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Robert Porter Caldwell D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Isaac Roberts Hawkins U→R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
John Vines Wright D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Vines Wright D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Vines Wright D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Robert Malone Bugg W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Meredith Poindexter Gentry W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Meredith Poindexter Gentry W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Meredith Poindexter Gentry W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Meredith Poindexter Gentry W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
David W. Dickinson W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Robert Looney Caruthers W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John Bell W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
John Bell W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
John Bell W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John Bell J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John Bell J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
John Bell J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Bell J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Samuel Houston J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Samuel Houston D
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

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