List of lieutenant governors of Tennessee
Pre-1870

List of lieutenant governors of Tennessee

Section Title: Pre-1870
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Speakers of the Tennessee Senate, 1796–1869

Name	Term	Party	Life	Notes

James Winchester	1796–1797	1752–1826

James White	1797–1798	1747–1821

William Blount	1798–1799	Democratic-Republican	1749–1800

Alexander Outlaw	1799–1801	1738–1826

James White	1801–1805	1747–1821

Joseph McMinn	1805–1811	Democratic-Republican	1758–1824

Thomas Henderson	1811–1813	Democratic-Republican	1742 –1832

Robert Coleman Foster	1813–1815	Whig	1769–1844

Edward Ward	1815–1819	d. 1837

Robert Weakley	1819–1821	Democratic-Republican	1764–1845

Sterling Brewer	1821–1823	1766–1852

Robert Weakley	1823–1825	Democratic-Republican	1764–1845

Robert C. Foster	1825–1827	Whig	1796–1871

William Hall	1827–1829	Democratic	1775–1856	Became governor upon the resignation of Sam Houston

Joel Walker	1829–1831	Whig	1789–1844

Burchet Douglas	1831–1833	Whig	1793–1849

David Burford	1833–1835	Democratic	1791–1864

Jonathan Webster	1835–1837	Whig	1779–1849

Terry H. Cahal	1837–1839	Whig	1802–1851

Thomas Love	1839	Democratic	1766–1844

Levin H. Coe	1839–1841	Democratic	1807–1850

Samuel Turney	1841–1843	Democratic	c. 1795–1863

Josiah M. Anderson	1843–1845	Whig	1807–1861

Harvey M. Watterson	1845–1847	Democratic	1811–1891

Josiah M. Anderson	1847–1849	Whig	1807–1861

John F. Henry	1849–1851	Whig	1808–1884

Munson R. Hill	1851–1853	Whig	1821–1867

Edwin Polk	1853–1855	Democratic	1818–1854

Edward S. Cheatham	1855–1857	Whig	1818–1878

John C. Burch	1857–1859	Democratic	1827–1881

Tazewell W. Newman	1859–1861	Democratic	1827–1867

Burton L. Stovall	1861	Democratic	1812–1879

Edward S. Cheatham	1861–1862	Whig	1818–1878	The state government was replaced by a military government in 1862

Samuel R. Rodgers	1865	Unionist	1798–1866

Joshua B. Frierson	1865–1867	Unionist	1806–1876

Dewitt Clinton Senter	1867–1869	Republican	1830–1898	Became governor upon the resignation of William G. Brownlow

Philip P.C. Nelson	1869	Republican	1828–1880

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Samuel Ramsey Rodgers (1798 – 1866) served as Speaker of the Tennessee Senate.

final_sentence: Samuel Ramsey Rodgers (1798 – 1866) served as Speaker of the Tennessee Senate.