Governors of Tennessee

Name

Party

Term of Office

John Sevier Democratic-Republican
1796-1801
Archibald Roane Democratic-Republican
1801-1803
John Sevier Democratic-Republican
1803-1809
Willie Blount Democratic-Republican
1809-1815
Joseph McMinn Democratic-Republican
1815-1821
William Carroll Democratic-Republican
1821-1827
Sam Houston Democratic-Republican
1827-1829
William Hall Democrat
1829-1829
William Carroll Democrat
1829-1835
Newton Cannon Whig
1835-1839
James K.Polk Democrat
1839-1841
James C. Jones Whig
1841-1845
Aaron V. Brown Democrat
1845-1847
Neill S. Brown Whig
1847-1849
William Trousdale Democrat
1849-1851
William B. Campbell Whig
1851-1853
Andrew Johnson Democrat
1853-1857
Isham Harris Democrat
1857-1862
Andrew Johnson (Military Governor) Democrat
1862-1865
William Brownlow Whig-Republican
1865-1869
DeWitt Clinton Senter Whig-Republican
1869-1871
John C. Brown Whig-Democrat
1871-1875
James D. Porter Democrat
1875-1879
Albert Marks Democrat
1879-1881
Alvin Hawkins Republican
1881-1883
William B. Bate Democrat
1883-1887
Robert Love Taylor Democrat
1887-1891
John P. Buchanan Democrat
1891-1893
Peter Turney Democrat
1893-1897
Robert Love Taylor Democrat
1897-1899
Benton McMillin Democrat
1899-1903
James B. Frazier Democrat
1903-1905
John I. Cox Democrat
1905-1907
Malcolm Patterson Democrat
1907-1911
Ben Hooper Republican
1911-1915
Tom Rye Democrat
1915-1919
A. H. Roberts Democrat
1919-1921
Alfred A. Taylor Republican
1921-1923
Austin Peay Democrat
1923-1927
Henry H. Horton Democrat
1927-1933
Hill McAlistar Democrat
1933-1937
Gordon Browning Democrat
1937-1939
Prentice Cooper Democrat
1939-1945
Jim McCord Democrat
1945-1949
Gordon Browning Democrat
1949-1953
Frank G. Clement Democrat
1953-1959
Buford Ellington Democrat
1959-1963
Frank G. Clement Democrat
1963-1967
Buford Ellington Democrat
1967-1971
Winfield Dunn Republican
1971-1975
Leonard Ray Blanton Democrat
1975-1979
Lamar Alexander Republican
1979-1987
Ned McWherter Democrat
1987-1995
Don Sundquist Republican
1995-Present