Tennessee

Tennessee is one of the fifty states that makes up the United States of America. It was the sixteenth state admitted to the U.S. on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was also one of the eleven states to secede in 1861, as one of the Confederate States of America, until the end of American Civil War in 1865. It was formally readmitted to the United States on July 24, 1866. Tennessee is the thirty-sixth largest state by area, and the sixteenth largest state by population.
==State Facts==
Name 	Tennessee
Capital City 	Nashville
Population 	6, 833, 793  (16/50)
Area  	42, 143 square miles  (36/50)
Counties 	95
Largest Cities	Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Clarksville
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party 	Term 	Spouse
1 	
John Sevier
(1745-1815)	Dem-Rep.	1796-1801	Catherine Sevier
2 	
Archibald Roane
(1759-1819)	Dem-Rep.	1801-03 	Ann Roane
3 	
John Sevier
(1745-1815)	Dem-Rep.	1803-09 	Catherine Sevier
4 	
Willie Blount
(1768-1835)	Dem-Rep.	1809-15 	N/A
5 	
Joseph McMinn
(1758-1824)	Dem-Rep.	1815-21 	Nancy McMinn
6 	
William Carroll
(1788-1844)	Dem-Rep.	1821-27 	Cecelia Carroll
7 	
Sam Houston
(1793-1863)	Dem-Rep.	1827-1829	Eliza Houston
8 	
William Hall
(1775-1856)	Dem. 	1829 	Mary Hall
9 	
William Carroll
(1788-1844)	Dem. 	1829-35 	Cecelia Carroll
10 	
Newton Cannon
(1781-1841)	Whig 	1835-39 	Rachel Cannon
11 	
James K. Polk
(1795-1849)	Dem. 	1839-41 	Sarah Polk
12 	
James C. Jones
(1809-59)	Whig 	1841-45 	Sarah Jones
13 	
Aaron V. Brown
(1795-1859)	Dem. 	1845-47 	Cynthia Brown
14 	
Neill S. Brown
(1810-86)	Whig 	1847-49 	Mary Brown
15 	
William Trousdale
(1790-1872)	Dem. 	1849-51 	Mary Trousdale
16 	
William B. Campbell
(1807-67)	Whig 	1851-53 	Fannie Campbell
17 	
Andrew Johnson
(1808-75)	Dem. 	1853-57 	Eliza Johnson
18 	
Isham G. Harris
(1818-97)	Dem. 	1857-62 	Martha Harris
19 	
Andrew Johnson
(1808-75)	Union. 	1862-65 	Eliza Johnson
20 	
Edward H. East
(1830-1904)	Rep. 	1865 	Ida East
21 	
William G. Brownlow
(1805-77)	Rep. 	1865-69 	Eliza Brownlow
22 	
Dewitt Clinton Senter
(1830-98)	Rep. 	1869-71 	Harriet Senter
23 	
John C. Brown
(1827-89)	Dem. 	1871-75 	Elizabeth Brown
24 	
James D. Porter
(1828-1912)	Dem. 	1875-79 	Susanna Porter
25 	
Albert S. Marks
(1836-91)	Dem. 	1879-81 	Novella Marks
26 	
Alvin Hawkins
(1821-1905)	Rep. 	1881-83 	Justina Hawkins
27 	
William B. Bate
(1826-1905)	Dem. 	1883-87 	Julia Bate
28 	
Robert Love Taylor
(1850-1912)	Dem. 	1887-91 	Sarah Taylor
29 	
John P. Buchanan
(1847-1930)	Dem. 	1891-93 	Fannie Buchanan
30 	
Peter Turney
(1827-1903)	Dem. 	1893-97 	N/A
31 	
Robert Love Taylor
(1850-1912)	Dem. 	1897-99 	Sarah Taylor
32 	
Benton McMillin
(1845-1933)	Dem. 	1899-1903	Lucille McMillin
33 	
James B. Frazier
(1856-1937)	Dem. 	1903-05 	Louise Frazier
34 	
John I. Cox
(1855-1946)	Dem. 	1905-07 	Lorena Cox
35 	
Malcolm R. Patterson
(1861-1935)	Dem. 	1907-11 	Mary Patterson
36 	
Ben W. Hooper
(1870-1957)	Rep. 	1911-15 	Anna Hooper
37 	
Thomas Clarke Rye
(1863-1953)	Dem. 	1915-19 	Bettie Rye
38 	
Albert H. Roberts
(1868-1946)	Dem. 	1919-21 	Nora Roberts
39 	
Alfred A. Taylor
(1848-1931)	Rep. 	1921-23 	Jennie Taylor
40 	
Austin Peay
(1876-1927)	Dem. 	1923-27 	Sallie Peay
41 	
Henry Hollis Horton
(1866-1934)	Dem. 	1927-33 	Adeline Horton
42 	
Hill McAlister
(1875-1959)	Dem. 	1933-37 	Louise McAlister
43 	
Gordon Browning
(1889-1976)	Dem. 	1937-39 	Ida Browning
44 	
Prentice Cooper
(1895-1969)	Dem. 	1939-45 	N/A
45 	
Jim Nance McCord
(1879-1968)	Dem. 	1945-49 	Vera McCord
46 	
Gordon Browning
(1889-1976)	Dem. 	1949-53 	Ida Browning
47 	
Frank G. Clement
(1920-69)	Dem. 	1953-59 	Lucille Clement
48 	
Buford Ellington
(1907-72)	Dem. 	1959-63 	Catherine Ellington
49 	
Frank G. Clement
(1920-69)	Dem. 	1963-67 	Lucille Clement
50 	
Buford Ellington
(1907-72)	Dem. 	1967-71 	Catherine Ellington
51 	
Winfield Dunn
(1927-)	Rep. 	1971-75 	Betty Dunn
52 	
Ray Blanton
(1930-96)	Dem. 	1975-79 	Betty Blanton
53 	
Lamar Alexander
(1940-)	Rep. 	1979-87 	Leslee Alexander
54 	
Ned McWherter
(1930-2011)	Dem. 	1987-95 	N/A
55 	
Don Sundquist
(1936-)	Rep. 	1995-2003	Martha Sundquist
56 	
Phil Bredesen
(1943-)	Dem. 	2003-11 	Andrea Bredesen
57 	
Bill Haslam
(1958-)	Rep. 	2011-19 	Crissy Haslam
58 	
Bill Lee
(1959-)	Rep. 	2019-Pr. 	Maria Lee
==U.S. Senators (Class 1 and Class 2)==
Class 1: 1796-1862 (Next Election in 2024)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	William Cocke
(1748-1828)	Democratic-Republican	1796-97
(1 year)
2. 	Andrew Jackson
(1767-1845)	Democratic-Republican	1797-98
(1 year)
3. 	Daniel Smith
(1748-1818)	Democratic-Republican	1798-99
(1 year)
4. 	Joseph Anderson
(1757-1837)	Democratic-Republican	1799-1815
(16 years)
5. 	George W. Campbell
(1769-1848)	Democratic-Republican	1815-18
(3 years)
6. 	John Eaton
(1790-1856)	Democratic 	1818-29
(11 years)
7. 	Felix Grundy
(1777-1840)	Democratic 	1829-38
(9 years)
8. 	Ephraim H. Foster
(1794-1854)	Whig 	1838-39
(1 year)
9. 	Felix Grundy
(1777-1840)	Democratic 	1839-40
(1 year)
10. 	Alfred O.P. Nicholson
(1808-76)	Democratic 	1840-42
(2 years)
11. 	Ephraim H. Foster
(1794-1854)	Whig 	1843-45
(2 years)
12. 	Hopkins L. Turney
(1797-1857)	Democratic 	1845-51
(6 years)
13. 	James C. Jones
(1809-59)	Whig 	1851-57
(6 years)
14. 	Andrew Johnson
(1808-75)	Democratic 	1857-62
(5 years)
There were no U.S. Senators from Tennessee from March 4, 1862 until July 24, 1866, due to Tennessee's secession from the United States.
Class 1: 1866-Present (Next Election in 2024)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
15. 	David T. Patterson
(1818-91)	Democratic 	1866-69
(3 years)
16. 	William G. Brownlow
(1805-77)	Republican 	1869-75
(6 years)
17. 	Andrew Johnson
(1808-75)	Democratic 	1875
(4 months)
18. 	David M. Key
(1824-1900)	Democratic 	1875-77
(2 years)
19. 	James E. Bailey
(1822-85)	Democratic 	1877-81
(4 years)
20. 	Howell Edmunds Jackson
(1832-95)	Democratic 	1881-86
(5 years)
21. 	Washington C. Whitthorne
(1825-91)	Democratic 	1886-87
(1 year)
22. 	William B. Bate
(1826-1905)	Democratic 	1887-1905
(18 years)
23. 	James B. Frazier
(1856-1937)	Democratic 	1905-11
(6 years)
24. 	Luke Lea
(1879-1945)	Democratic 	1911-17
(6 years)
25. 	Kenneth McKellar
(1869-1957)	Democratic 	1917-53
(36 years)
26. 	Albert Gore
(1907-98)	Democratic 	1953-71
(18 years)
27. 	Bill Brock
(1930-)	Republican 	1971-77
(6 years)
28. 	Jim Sasser
(1936-)	Democratic 	1977-95
(18 years)
29. 	Bill Frist
(1952-)	Republican 	1995-2007
(12 years)
30. 	Bob Corker
(1952-)	Republican 	2007-19
(12 years)
31. 	Marsha Blackburn
(1952-)	Republican 	2019-Present
(2 years)
Class 2: 1796-1861 (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	William Blount
(1749-1800)	Democratic-Republican	1796-97
(1 year)
2. 	Joseph Anderson
(1757-1837)	Democratic-Republican	1797-99
(2 years)
3. 	William Cocke
(1748-1828)	Democratic-Republican	1799-1805
(6 years)
4. 	Daniel Smith
(1748-1818)	Democratic-Republican	1805-09
(4 years)
5. 	Jenkin Whiteside
(1772-1822)	Democratic-Republican	1809-11
(2 years)
6. 	George W. Campbell
(1769-1848)	Democratic-Republican	1811-14
(3 years)
7. 	Jesse Wharton
(1782-1833)	Democratic-Republican	1814-15
(1 year)
8. 	John Williams
(1778-1837)	Democratic-Republican	1815-23
(8 years)
9. 	Andrew Jackson
(1767-1845)	Democratic 	1823-25
(2 years)
10. 	Hugh Lawson White
(1773-1840)	Whig 	1825-40
(15 years)
11. 	Alexander O. Anderson
(1794-1869)	Democratic 	1840-41
(1 year)
12. 	Spencer Jarnagin
(1792-1853)	Whig 	1843-47
(4 years)
13. 	John Bell
(1796-1869)	Know-Nothing 	1847-59
(12 years)
14. 	Alfred O.P. Nicholson
(1808-76)	Democratic 	1859-61
(2 years)
Class 2: 1866-Present (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
15. 	Joseph S. Fowler
(1820-1902)	Republican 	1866-71
(5 years)
16. 	Henry Cooper
(1827-84)	Democratic 	1871-77
(6 years)
17. 	Isham G. Harris
(1818-97)	Democratic 	1877-97
(20 years)
18. 	Thomas B. Turley
(1845-1910)	Democratic 	1897-1901
(4 years)
19. 	Edward W. Carmack
(1858-1908)	Democratic 	1901-07
(6 years)
20. 	Robert Love Taylor
(1850-1912)	Democratic 	1907-12
(5 years)
21. 	Newell Sanders
(1850-1939)	Republican 	1912-13
(1 year)
22. 	William R. Webb
(1842-1926)	Democratic 	1913
(1 month)
23. 	John K. Shields
(1858-1934)	Democratic 	1913-25
(12 years)
24. 	Lawrence Tyson
(1861-1929)	Democratic 	1925-29
(4 years)
25. 	William Emerson Brock
(1872-1950)	Democratic 	1929-31
(2 years)
26. 	Cordell Hull
(1871-1955)	Democratic 	1931-33
(2 years)
27. 	Nathan L. Bachman
(1878-1937)	Democratic 	1933-37
(4 years)
28. 	George L. Berry
(1882-1948)	Democratic 	1937-38
(1 year)
29. 	Tom Stewart
(1892-1972)	Democratic 	1938-49
(11 years)
30. 	Estes Kefauver
(1903-63)	Democratic 	1949-63
(14 years)
31. 	Herbert S. Walters
(1891-1973)	Democratic 	1963-64
(1 year)
32. 	Ross Bass
(1918-93)	Democratic 	1964-67
(3 years)
33. 	Howard Baker
(1925-2014)	Republican 	1967-85
(18 years)
34. 	Al Gore
(1948-)	Democratic 	1985-93
(8 years)
35. 	Harlan Mathews
(1927-2014)	Democratic 	1993-94
(1 year)
36. 	Fred Thompson
(1942-2015)	Republican 	1994-2003
(9 years)
37. 	Lamar Alexander
(1940-)	Republican 	2003-21
(18 years)
38. 	Bill Hagerty
(1959-)	Republican 	2021-Present
(2 months)