| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Bill Haslam | Tennessee |
2011 - 2019 |
Republican |
| Gov. Phil Bredesen | Tennessee |
2003 - 2011 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Don Sundquist | Tennessee |
1995 - 2003 |
Republican |
| Gov. Ned Ray McWherter | Tennessee |
1987 - 1995 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Lamar Alexander | Tennessee |
1979 - 1987 |
Republican |
| Gov. Ray Blanton | Tennessee |
1975 - 1979 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn | Tennessee |
1971 - 1975 |
Republican |
| Gov. Earl Buford Ellington | Tennessee |
1967 - 1971 1959 - 1963 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Frank Goad Clement | Tennessee |
1953 - 1959 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Jim Nance McCord | Tennessee |
1945 - 1949 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Prentice Cooper | Tennessee |
1939 - 1945 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Gordon Browning | Tennessee |
1937 - 1939 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Harry Hill McAlister | Tennessee |
1933 - 1937 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Henry Hollis Horton | Tennessee |
1927 - 1933 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Austin Peay III | Tennessee |
1923 - 1927 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Alfred Alexander Taylor | Tennessee |
1921 - 1923 |
Republican |
| Gov. Albert Houston Roberts | Tennessee |
1919 - 1921 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas Clarke Rye | Tennessee |
1915 - 1919 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Ben Walter Hooper | Tennessee |
1911 - 1915 |
Republican |
| Gov. Malcolm Rice Patterson | Tennessee |
1907 - 1911 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Isaac Cox | Tennessee |
1905 - 1907 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Beriah Frazier | Tennessee |
1903 - 1905 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Benton McMillin | Tennessee |
1899 - 1903 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Robert Love Taylor | Tennessee |
1897 - 1899 1887 - 1891 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Peter Turney | Tennessee |
1893 - 1897 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Price Buchanan | Tennessee |
1891 - 1893 |
Farm-Labor |
| Gov. William Brimage Bate | Tennessee |
1883 - 1887 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Alvin Hawkins | Tennessee |
1881 - 1883 |
Republican/Whig |
| Gov. Albert Smith Marks | Tennessee |
1879 - 1881 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Davis Porter | Tennessee |
1875 - 1879 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Calvin Brown | Tennessee |
1871 - 1875 |
Democratic/Whig |
| Gov. DeWitt Clinton Senter | Tennessee |
1869 - 1871 |
Republican/Whig |
| Gov. William Gannaway Brownlow | Tennessee |
1865 - 1869 |
Whig/Know-Nothing |
| Gov. Edward Hazzard East | Tennessee |
1865 - 1865 |
Democratic/Opposition Party |
| Gov. Robert Looney Caruthers | Tennessee |
1863 - 1863 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Andrew Johnson | Tennessee |
1862 - 1865 1853 - 1857 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Isham Green Harris | Tennessee |
1857 - 1862 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Bowen Campbell | Tennessee |
1851 - 1853 |
Whig |
| Gov. William Trousdale | Tennessee |
1849 - 1851 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Neill Smith Brown | Tennessee |
1847 - 1849 |
Whig/Know-Nothing |
| Gov. Aaron Venable Brown | Tennessee |
1845 - 1847 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Chamberlain Jones | Tennessee |
1841 - 1845 |
Whig |
| Gov. James Knox Polk | Tennessee |
1839 - 1841 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Newton Cannon | Tennessee |
1835 - 1839 |
Whig |
| Gov. William Carroll | Tennessee |
1829 - 1835 1821 - 1827 |
Democratic-Republican (first three terms); Democrat (last three terms) |
| Gov. William Hall | Tennessee |
1829 - 1829 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Joseph McMinn | Tennessee |
1815 - 1821 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Willie Blount | Tennessee |
1809 - 1815 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. John Sevier | Tennessee |
1803 - 1809 1796 - 1801 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Archibald Roane | Tennessee |
1801 - 1803 |
Democratic-Republican |
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