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Tennessee's 9th congressional district

67 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Now: Steve Cohen D.

Holders
67
54 D · 5 J · 3 R · 1 JR · 1 AJ · 1 W · 1 A · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
12 years
Steve Cohen
Current
12 years
Steve Cohen, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/tn-9Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Adam Rankin Alexander · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · Jacksonian RepublicanAdam Rankin Alexander · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonDavid Crockett · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonDavid Crockett · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · Anti JacksonianWilliam Fitzgerald · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJames Knox Polk · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJames Knox Polk · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonJames Knox Polk · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratHarvey Magee Watterson · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratHarvey Magee Watterson · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratCave Johnson · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratLucien Bonaparte Chase · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratLucien Bonaparte Chase · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratIsham Green Harris · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratIsham Green Harris · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratEmerson Etheridge · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigEmerson Etheridge · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanJohn DeWitt Clinton Atkins · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratEmerson Etheridge · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratBarbour Lewis · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Parker Caldwell · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Parker Caldwell · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratCharles Bryson Simonton · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratCharles Bryson Simonton · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratRice Alexander Pierce · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratPresley Thornton Glass · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratPresley Thornton Glass · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratRice Alexander Pierce · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratRice Alexander Pierce · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJames Calvin McDearmon · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJames Calvin McDearmon · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratRice Alexander Pierce · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratRice Alexander Pierce · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratRice Alexander Pierce · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratRice Alexander Pierce · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratFinis James Garrett · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJere Cooper · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJere Cooper · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratEdward Hull Crump · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratClifford Davis · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJere Cooper · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratClifford Davis · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratClifford Davis · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · DemocratGeorge William Grider · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratDan Heflin Kuykendall · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanDan Heflin Kuykendall · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanHarold Eugene Ford · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratHarold Eugene Ford · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratHarold E. Ford Jr. · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratHarold E. Ford Jr. · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratHarold E. Ford Jr. · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · DemocratSteve Cohen · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratSteve Cohen · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratSteve Cohen · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratWalter Chandler · 1935-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratClifford Davis · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · Democrat
Steve Cohen D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Steve Cohen D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Steve Cohen D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Harold E. Ford Jr. D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Harold E. Ford Jr. D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Harold E. Ford Jr. D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Harold Eugene Ford D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Harold Eugene Ford D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Dan Heflin Kuykendall R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Dan Heflin Kuykendall R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
George William Grider D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Clifford Davis D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Clifford Davis D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Clifford Davis D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Jere Cooper D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
Clifford Davis D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Walter Chandler D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1941 · 6 years
Edward Hull Crump D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Jere Cooper D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Jere Cooper D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Finis James Garrett D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Finis James Garrett D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Finis James Garrett D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Finis James Garrett D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Finis James Garrett D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Finis James Garrett D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Finis James Garrett D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Finis James Garrett D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Finis James Garrett D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Finis James Garrett D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Finis James Garrett D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Finis James Garrett D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Rice Alexander Pierce D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Rice Alexander Pierce D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Rice Alexander Pierce D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Rice Alexander Pierce D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James Calvin McDearmon D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Calvin McDearmon D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Rice Alexander Pierce D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Rice Alexander Pierce D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Presley Thornton Glass D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Presley Thornton Glass D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Rice Alexander Pierce D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Charles Bryson Simonton D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Charles Bryson Simonton D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William Parker Caldwell D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Parker Caldwell D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Barbour Lewis R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Emerson Etheridge IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Emerson Etheridge A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Emerson Etheridge W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Isham Green Harris D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Isham Green Harris D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Lucien Bonaparte Chase D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Lucien Bonaparte Chase D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Cave Johnson D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Harvey Magee Watterson D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Harvey Magee Watterson D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
James Knox Polk D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
James Knox Polk J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
James Knox Polk J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
William Fitzgerald J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
David Crockett AJ
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
David Crockett J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Adam Rankin Alexander J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Adam Rankin Alexander JR
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

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