US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

1790	1796	William Blount	(b. 1749, d. 1800)
30-Mar-1796	23-Sep-1801	John Sevier	(1st time, b. 1745, d. 1815, Democrat-Republican)
23-Sep-1801	23-Sep-1803	Archibald Roane	(b. 1760, d. 1819, Democrat-Republican)
23-Sep-1803	20-Sep-1809	John Sevier	(2nd time, Democrat-Republican)
20-Sep-1809	27-Sep-1815	Willie Blount	(b. 1768, d. 1835, Democrat-Republican)
27-Sep-1815	1-Oct-1821	Joseph McMinn	(b. 1758, d. 1854, Democrat-Republican)
1-Oct-1821	1-Oct-1827	William Carroll	(1st time, b. 1788, d. 1844, Democrat-Republican)
1-Oct-1827	16-Apr-1829	Sam Houston	(b. 1793, d. 1863, Democrat-Republican)
16-Apr-1829	1-Oct-1829	William Hall	(acting, b. 1775, d. 1856, Democrat)
1-Oct-1829	12-Oct-1835	William Carroll	(2nd time, Democrat)
12-Oct-1835	14-Oct-1839	Newton Cannon	(b. 1781, d. 1841, Democrat)
14-Oct-1839	15-Oct-1841	James Knox Polk	(b. 1795, d. 1849, Democrat)
15-Oct-1841	14-Oct-1845	James C. Jones	(b. 1809, d. 1859, Whig)
14-Oct-1845	17-Oct-1847	Aaron V. Brown	(b. 1795, d. 1859, Democrat)
17-Oct-1847	16-Oct-1849	Neill S. Brown	(b. 1810, d. 1886, Whig)
16-Oct-1849	16-Oct-1851	William Trousdale	(b. 1790, d. 1872, Democrat)
16-Oct-1851	17-Oct-1853	William B. Campbell	(b. 1807, d. 1867, Whig)
17-Oct-1853	3-Nov-1857	Andrew Johnson	(1st time, b. 1808, d. 1875, Democrat)
3-Nov-1857	12-Mar-1862	Isham Green Harris	(b. 1818, d. 1897, Democrat)
1862	1864	Isham Green Harris	(as Confederate Governor)
12-Mar-1862	4-Mar-1865	Andrew Johnson	(2nd time, Military Governor)
4-Mar-1865	5-Apr-1865	Edward Hazzard East	(acting, b. 1830, d. 1904)
5-Apr-1865	25-Feb-1869	William G. Brownlow	(b. 1805, d. 1877, Republican)
25-Feb-1869	10-Oct-1871	DeWitt C. Senter	(b. 1830, d. 1898, Republican)
10-Oct-1871	18-Jan-1875	John C. Brown	(b. 1827, d. 1889, Democrat)
18-Jan-1875	16-Feb-1879	James D. Porter	(b. 1828, d. 1912, Democrat)
16-Feb-1879	17-Jan-1881	Albert S. Marks	(b. 1836, d. 1891, Democrat)
17-Jan-1881	15-Jan-1883	Alvin Hawkins	(b. 1821, d. 1905, Republican)
15-Jan-1883	17-Jan-1887	William B. Bate	(b. 1826, d. 1905, Democrat)
17-Jan-1887	19-Jan-1891	Robert L. Taylor	(1st time, b. 1850, d. 1912, Democrat)
19-Jan-1891	16-Jan-1893	John P. Buchanan	(b. 1847, d. 1930, Democrat)
16-Jan-1893	21-Jan-1897	Peter Turney	(b. 1827, d. 1903, Democrat)
21-Jan-1897	16-Jan-1899	Robert L. Taylor	(2nd time, Democrat)
16-Jan-1899	19-Jan-1903	Benton McMillin	(b. 1845, d. 1933, Democrat)
19-Jan-1903	21-Mar-1905	James B. Frazier	(b. 1856, d. 1937, Democrat)
21-Mar-1905	17-Jan-1907	John I. Cox	(b. 1855, d. 1946, Democrat)
17-Jan-1907	26-Jan-1911	Malcolm R. Patterson	(b. 1861, d. 1935, Democrat)
26-Jan-1911	17-Jan-1915	Ben W. Hooper	(b. 1870, d. 1957, Republican)
17-Jan-1915	15-Jan-1919	Thomas C. Rye	(b. 1863, d. 1953, Democrat)
15-Jan-1919	15-Jan-1921	Albert H. Roberts	(b. 1868, d. 1946, Democrat)
15-Jan-1921	16-Jan-1923	Alfred A. Taylor	(b. 1848, d. 1931, Republican)
16-Jan-1923	2-Oct-1927	Austin Peay	(b. 1876, d. 1927, Democrat)
3-Oct-1927	17-Jan-1933	Henry H. Horton	(b. 1866, d. 1934, Democrat)
17-Jan-1933	15-Jan-1937	Hill McAlister	(b. 1875, d. 1959, Democrat)
15-Jan-1937	16-Jan-1939	Gordon Browning	(1st time, b. 1889, d. 1976, Democrat)
16-Jan-1939	16-Jan-1945	Prentice Cooper	(b. 1895, d. 1969, Democrat)
16-Jan-1945	17-Jan-1949	Jim Nance McCord	(b. 1879, d. 1968, Democrat)
17-Jan-1949	15-Jan-1953	Gordon Browning	(2nd time, Democrat)
15-Jan-1953	19-Jan-1959	Frank G. Clement	(1st time, b. 1920, d. 1969, Democrat)
19-Jan-1959	15-Jan-1963	Buford Ellington	(1st time, b. 1907, d. 1972, Democrat)
15-Jan-1963	16-Jan-1967	Frank G. Clement	(2nd time, Democrat)
16-Jan-1967	16-Jan-1971	Buford Ellington	(2nd time, Democrat)
16-Jan-1971	18-Jan-1975	Winfield Dunn	(b. 1927, Republican)
18-Jan-1975	17-Jan-1979	Ray Blanton	(b. 1930, d. 1996, Democrat)
17-Jan-1979	17-Jan-1987	Lamar Alexander	(b. 1940, Republican)
17-Jan-1987	21-Jan-1995	Ned McWherter	(b. 1930, Democrat)
21-Jan-1995	18-Jan-2003	Don Sundquist	(b. 1936, Republican)
18-Jan-2003	15-Jan-2011	Phil Bredesen	(b. 1943, Democrat)
15-Jan-2011	--	Bill Haslam	(b. 1958, Republican)

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