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U.S. Senate seat, Tennessee (class 2)

51 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1796. Now: Bill Hagerty R.

Holders
51
25 D · 19 R · 3 W · 2 J · 1 DR · 1 A
Longest tenure
15 years
Carey Estes Kefauver
Current
5.8 years
Bill Hagerty, since Jan 3, 2021
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Blount · 1796-01-01 – 1798-01-01 · RepublicanWilliam Cocke · 1799-12-02 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Smith · 1805-12-02 – 1810-01-01 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Campbell · 1811-11-04 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Williams · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Williams · 1817-12-01 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Jackson · 1823-12-01 – 1826-01-01 · Democratic RepublicanHugh Lawson White · 1829-12-07 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonHugh Lawson White · 1835-12-07 – 1841-03-04 · WhigSpencer Jarnagin · 1843-12-04 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJohn Bell · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJohn Bell · 1853-12-05 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanAlfred Osborn Pope Nicholson · 1859-12-05 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratJoseph Smith Fowler · 1866-01-01 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cooper · 1871-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratIsham Green Harris · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratIsham Green Harris · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratIsham Green Harris · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratIsham Green Harris · 1895-12-02 – 1898-01-01 · DemocratEdward Ward Carmack · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratRobert Love Taylor · 1907-12-02 – 1912-04-01 · DemocratNewell Sanders · 1912-04-11 – 1913-01-25 · RepublicanWilliam Robert Webb · 1913-01-27 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Knight Shields · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn Knight Shields · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratLawrence Davis Tyson · 1925-12-07 – 1929-08-25 · DemocratWilliam Emerson Brock · 1929-09-02 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratNathan Lynn Bachman · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Leonard Berry · 1937-05-06 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratArthur Thomas Stewart · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratHerbert Sanford Walters · 1963-08-20 – 1964-11-04 · DemocratRoss Bass · 1964-11-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratHoward Henry Baker Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Henry Baker Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · RepublicanHarlan Mathews · 1993-01-05 – 1994-12-02 · DemocratFred Thompson · 1994-12-02 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanFred Thompson · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanLamar Alexander · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanLamar Alexander · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanLamar Alexander · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph Anderson · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanJenkin Whiteside · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Wharton · 1814-01-01 – 1816-01-01 · RepublicanHugh Lawson White · 1825-12-05 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonAlexander Outlaw Anderson · 1840-01-01 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratThomas Battle Turley · 1897-07-20 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratArthur Thomas Stewart · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratCarey Estes Kefauver · 1949-01-03 – 1963-08-11 · DemocratAlbert Arnold Gore Jr. · 1985-01-03 – 1993-01-03 · DemocratBill Hagerty · 2021-01-03 – present · Republican
Bill Hagerty R
Jan 3, 2021 – present · 5.8 years
Lamar Alexander R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Lamar Alexander R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Lamar Alexander R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Fred Thompson R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
Fred Thompson R
Dec 2, 1994 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2.1 years
Harlan Mathews D
Jan 5, 1993 – Dec 2, 1994 · 23 months
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 3, 1993 · 8 years
Howard Henry Baker Jr. R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
Howard Henry Baker Jr. R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1979 · 12 years
Ross Bass D
Nov 4, 1964 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2.2 years
Herbert Sanford Walters D
Aug 20, 1963 – Nov 4, 1964 · 15 months
Carey Estes Kefauver D
Jan 3, 1949 – Aug 11, 1963 · 15 years
Arthur Thomas Stewart D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Arthur Thomas Stewart D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
George Leonard Berry D
May 6, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 20 months
Nathan Lynn Bachman D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Cordell Hull D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Emerson Brock D
Sep 2, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 18 months
Lawrence Davis Tyson D
Dec 7, 1925 – Aug 25, 1929 · 3.7 years
John Knight Shields D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
John Knight Shields D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
William Robert Webb D
Jan 27, 1913 – Mar 4, 1913 · 36 days
Newell Sanders R
Apr 11, 1912 – Jan 25, 1913 · 9 months
Robert Love Taylor D
Dec 2, 1907 – Apr 1, 1912 · 4.3 years
Edward Ward Carmack D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
Thomas Battle Turley D
Jul 20, 1897 – Mar 4, 1901 · 3.6 years
Isham Green Harris D
Dec 2, 1895 – Jan 1, 1898 · 2.1 years
Isham Green Harris D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
Isham Green Harris D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
Isham Green Harris D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
Henry Cooper D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6 years
Joseph Smith Fowler R
Jan 1, 1866 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D
Dec 5, 1859 – Jan 1, 1862 · 2.1 years
John Bell A
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
John Bell W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
Spencer Jarnagin W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1847 · 3.2 years
Alexander Outlaw Anderson D
Jan 1, 1840 – Mar 4, 1841 · 14 months
Hugh Lawson White W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1841 · 5.2 years
Hugh Lawson White J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1835 · 5.2 years
Hugh Lawson White J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1829 · 3.2 years
Andrew Jackson DR
Dec 1, 1823 – Jan 1, 1826 · 2.1 years
John Williams R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1823 · 5.3 years
John Williams R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Jesse Wharton R
Jan 1, 1814 – Jan 1, 1816 · 2 years
George Washington Campbell R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1815 · 3.3 years
Jenkin Whiteside R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Daniel Smith R
Dec 2, 1805 – Jan 1, 1810 · 4.1 years
William Cocke R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1805 · 5.3 years
Joseph Anderson R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
William Blount R
Jan 1, 1796 – Jan 1, 1798 · 2 years

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