Historical Record
Previous Governors of Tennessee
Governors who previously held office in Tennessee, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesBill LeeRepublican2019–2027
Bill HaslamRepublican2011–2019
Phil BredesenDemocrat2003–2011
Don SundquistRepublican1995–2003
Ned McWherterDemocrat1987–1995
Lamar AlexanderRepublican1979–1987
Ray BlantonDemocrat1975–1979
Winfield DunnDemocrat1971–1975
Buford EllingtonDemocrat1967–1971
Frank G. ClementDemocrat1963–1967
Buford EllingtonDemocrat1959–1963
Frank G. ClementDemocrat1953–1959
Gordon BrowningDemocrat1949–1953
Jim Nance McCordDemocrat1945–1949
Prentice CooperDemocrat1939–1945
Gordon BrowningDemocrat1937–1939
Hill McAlisterDemocrat1933–1937
Henry Hollis HortonDemocrat1927–1933
Austin PeayDemocrat1923–1927
Alfred A. TaylorRepublican1921–1923
Albert H. RobertsDemocrat1919–1921
Thomas Clarke RyeDemocrat1915–1919
Ben W. HooperRepublican1911–1915
Malcolm R. PattersonDemocrat1907–1911
John I. CoxDemocrat1905–1907
James B. FrazierDemocrat1903–1905
Benton McMillinDemocrat1899–1903
Robert Love TaylorDemocrat1897–1899
Peter TurneyDemocrat1893–1897
John P. BuchananDemocrat1891–1893
Robert Love TaylorDemocrat1887–1891
William B. BateDemocrat1883–1887
Alvin HawkinsRepublican1881–1883
Albert S. MarksDemocrat1879–1881
James D. PorterDemocrat1875–1879
John C. BrownDemocrat1871–1875
Dewitt Clinton SenterRepublican1869–1871
Parson BrownlowRepublican1865–1869
Edward H. EastIndependent1865–1865
Andrew JohnsonIndependent1862–1865
Isham G. HarrisDemocrat1857–1862
Andrew JohnsonDemocrat1853–1857
William B. CampbellIndependent1851–1853
William TrousdaleDemocrat1849–1851
Neill S. BrownIndependent1847–1849
Aaron V. BrownDemocrat1845–1847
James C. JonesIndependent1841–1845
James K. PolkDemocrat1839–1841
Newton CannonDemocrat1835–1839
William CarrollIndependent1829–1835
William HallDemocrat1829–1829
Sam HoustonDemocrat1827–1829
William CarrollIndependent1821–1827
Joseph McMinnIndependent1815–1821
Willie BlountIndependent1809–1815
John SevierIndependent1803–1809
Archibald RoaneIndependent1801–1803
John SevierIndependent1796–1801
William BlountIndependent1790–1796