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U.S. Senate seat, Tennessee (class 1)

41 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1796. Now: Marsha Blackburn R.

Holders
41
22 D · 13 R · 2 J · 2 W · 1 U · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
24 years
Kenneth Douglas McKellar
Current
7.8 years
Marsha Blackburn, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/tn-sen-1Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Cocke · 1796-01-01 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Jackson · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Anderson · 1799-12-02 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Anderson · 1803-10-17 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Anderson · 1809-05-22 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Campbell · 1815-12-04 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Eaton · 1821-12-03 – 1825-03-04John Henry Eaton · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-10 · JacksonFelix Grundy · 1829-12-07 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonFelix Grundy · 1833-12-02 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratFelix Grundy · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratEphraim Hubbard Foster · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigHopkins Lacy Turney · 1845-12-01 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJames Chamberlain Jones · 1851-12-01 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratAndrew Johnson · 1857-12-07 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratDavid Trotter Patterson · 1866-01-01 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Gannaway Brownlow · 1869-03-04 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Johnson · 1875-12-06 – 1876-01-01 · DemocratJames Edmund Bailey · 1877-10-15 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratHowell Edmunds Jackson · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Brimage Bate · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Brimage Bate · 1893-08-07 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Brimage Bate · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJames Beriah Frazier · 1905-12-04 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratLuke Lea · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratKenneth Douglas McKellar · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratKenneth Douglas McKellar · 1923-12-03 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratKenneth Douglas McKellar · 1929-04-15 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Arnold Gore · 1959-01-07 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Emerson Brock III · 1971-01-21 – 1977-01-04 · RepublicanJames Ralph Sasser · 1977-01-04 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratWilliam H. Frist · 1995-01-04 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanBob Corker · 2007-01-04 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanDaniel Smith · 1798-01-01 – 1800-01-01 · RepublicanJohn Henry Eaton · 1818-09-05 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanEphraim Hubbard Foster · 1838-01-01 – 1839-03-04 · WhigAlfred Osborn Pope Nicholson · 1840-01-01 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratDavid McKendree Key · 1875-12-06 – 1878-01-01 · DemocratWashington Curran Whitthorne · 1886-01-01 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Arnold Gore · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratMarsha Blackburn · 2019-01-03 – present · Republican
Marsha Blackburn R
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Bob Corker R
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2019 · 12 years
William H. Frist R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 2007 · 12 years
James Ralph Sasser D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1995 · 18 years
William Emerson Brock III R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1977 · 6 years
Albert Arnold Gore D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971 · 12 years
Albert Arnold Gore D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Kenneth Douglas McKellar D
Apr 15, 1929 – Jan 4, 1953 · 24 years
Kenneth Douglas McKellar D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.3 years
Kenneth Douglas McKellar D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
Luke Lea D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
James Beriah Frazier D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1911 · 5.2 years
William Brimage Bate D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
William Brimage Bate D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 · 5.6 years
William Brimage Bate D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
Washington Curran Whitthorne D
Jan 1, 1886 – Mar 4, 1887 · 14 months
Howell Edmunds Jackson D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
James Edmund Bailey D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1881 · 3.4 years
Andrew Johnson D
Dec 6, 1875 – Jan 1, 1876 · 26 days
David McKendree Key D
Dec 6, 1875 – Jan 1, 1878 · 2.1 years
William Gannaway Brownlow R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1875 · 6 years
David Trotter Patterson D
Jan 1, 1866 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Andrew Johnson D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1863 · 5.2 years
James Chamberlain Jones IRD
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1857 · 5.3 years
Hopkins Lacy Turney D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1851 · 5.3 years
Ephraim Hubbard Foster W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D
Jan 1, 1840 – Mar 4, 1843 · 3.2 years
Felix Grundy D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Ephraim Hubbard Foster W
Jan 1, 1838 – Mar 4, 1839 · 14 months
Felix Grundy D
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1839 · 5.3 years
Felix Grundy J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1833 · 3.2 years
John Henry Eaton J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 10, 1829 · 15 months
John Henry Eaton
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1825 · 3.2 years
John Henry Eaton R
Sep 5, 1818 – Mar 4, 1821 · 2.5 years
George Washington Campbell R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1819 · 3.2 years
Joseph Anderson R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1815 · 5.8 years
Joseph Anderson R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1809 · 5.4 years
Joseph Anderson R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1803 · 3.2 years
Daniel Smith R
Jan 1, 1798 – Jan 1, 1800 · 2 years
Andrew Jackson R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
William Cocke R
Jan 1, 1796 – Mar 4, 1797 · 14 months

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