List of Governors of Tennessee
| Governors of the State of Tennessee |
| Name |
Term |
Party |
Life |
| John Sevier |
1796-1801 |
Democratic-Republican |
1745-1815 |
| Archibald Roane |
1801-1803 |
Democratic-Republican |
1760-1819 |
| John Sevier |
1803-1809 |
Democratic-Republican |
1745-1815 |
| Willie Blount |
1809-1815 |
Democratic-Republican |
1768-1835 |
| Joseph McMinn |
1815-1821 |
Democratic-Republican |
1758-1854 |
| William Carroll |
1821-1827 |
Democratic-Republican |
1788-1844 |
| Samuel Houston |
1827-1829 |
Democratic-Republican |
1793-1863 |
| William Hall |
1829 |
Democrat |
1775-1856 |
| William Carroll |
1829-1835 |
Democrat |
1788-1844 |
| Newton Cannon |
1835-1839 |
Democrat |
1781-1841 |
| James K. Polk |
1839-1841 |
Democrat |
1795-1849 |
| James C. Jones |
1841-1845 |
Whig |
1809-1859 |
| Aaron V. Brown |
1845-1847 |
Democrat |
1795-1859 |
| Neill S. Brown |
1847-1849 |
Whig |
1810-1886 |
| William Trousdale |
1849-1851 |
Democrat |
1790-1872 |
| William B. Campbell |
1851-1853 |
Whig |
1807-1867 |
| Andrew Johnson |
1853-1857 |
Democrat |
1808-1875 |
| Isham G. Harris |
1857-1862 |
Democrat |
1818-1897 |
| Andrew Johnson |
1862-1865 |
Democrat/Military |
1808-1875 |
| E. H. East |
1865 |
Republican |
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| William G. Brownlow |
1865-1869 |
Whig |
1805-1877 |
| Dewitt Clinton Senter |
1869-1871 |
Democrat |
1830-1898 |
| John C. Brown |
1871-1875 |
Democrat |
1827-1889 |
| James D. Porter, Jr |
1875-1879 |
Democrat |
1828-1912 |
| Albert S. Marks |
1879-1881 |
Democrat |
1836-1891 |
| Alvin Hawkins |
1881-1883 |
Republican |
1821-1905 |
| William B. Bate |
1883-1887 |
Democrat |
1826-1905 |
| Robert Love Taylor |
1887-1891 |
Democrat |
1850-1912 |
| John P. Buchanan |
1891-1893 |
Democrat |
1847-1930 |
| Peter Turney |
1893-1897 |
Democrat |
1827-1903 |
| Robert Love Taylor |
1897-1899 |
Democrat |
1850-1912 |
| Benton McMillin |
1899-1903 |
Democrat |
1845-1933 |
| James B. Frazier |
1903-1905 |
Democrat |
1856-1937 |
| John I. Cox |
1905-1907 |
Democrat |
1855-1946 |
| Malcolm R. Patterson |
1907-1911 |
Democrat |
1861-1935 |
| Ben W. Hooper |
1911-1915 |
Republican |
1870-1957 |
| Tom C. Rye |
1915-1919 |
Democrat |
1863-1953 |
| A. H. Roberts |
1919-1921 |
Democrat |
1868-1946 |
| Alfred A. Taylor |
1921-1923 |
Republican |
1848-1931 |
| Austin Peay IV |
1923-1927 |
Democrat |
1876-1927 |
| Henry Hollis Horton |
1927-1933 |
Democrat |
1866-1934 |
| Harry Hill McAlister |
1933-1937 |
Democrat |
1875-1959 |
| Gordon Browning |
1937-1939 |
Democrat |
1889-1976 |
| Prentice Cooper |
1939-1945 |
Democrat |
1895-1969 |
| Jim Nance McCord |
1945-1949 |
Democrat |
1879-1968 |
| Gordon Browning |
1949-1953 |
Democrat |
1889-1976 |
| Frank G. Clement |
1953-1959 |
Democrat |
1920-1969 |
| Buford Ellington |
1959-1963 |
Democrat |
1907-1972 |
| Frank G. Clement |
1963-1967 |
Democrat |
1920-1969 |
| Buford Ellington |
1967-1971 |
Democrat |
1907-1972 |
| Winfield Dunn |
1971-1975 |
Republican |
b.1927 |
| Ray Blanton |
1975-1979 |
Democrat |
1930-1996 |
| Lamar Alexander |
1979-1987 |
Republican |
b.1940 |
| Ned McWherter |
1987-1995 |
Democrat |
b.1930 |
| Donald K. Sundquist |
1995-2003 |
Republican |
b.1936 |
| Phil Bredesen |
2003-present |
Democrat |
b.1943 |