**EXHIBIT 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVEOFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THESARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I, Arthur F. Helf, certify that:

1.                  I have reviewedthis Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Tennessee CommerceBancorp, Inc.

2.                  Based on myknowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

3.                  Based on myknowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included inthis report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report.

4.                  The Registrant’sother certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and have:

a)                designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report is being prepared;

b)               evaluated theeffectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

c)                disclosed in thisreport any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theRegistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

5.       TheRegistrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theRegistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)                all significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theRegistrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

b)               any fraud, whetheror not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Date: August 14, 2007 |                                        |
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|                  | By:                                         | /s/ Arthur F. Helf |   |
|                  | Name: Arthur F. Helf                        |
|                  | Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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