List of United States Senators from Tennessee
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Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1862 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from July 1866.
Class 1
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Cocke | Democrat | 1796 | 1797 |
| Andrew Jackson | Democrat | 1797 | 1798 |
| Daniel Smith | Democrat | 1798 | |
| Joseph Anderson | Democrat | 1797 | 1815 |
| George W. Campbell | Democrat | 1815 | 1818 |
| John H. Eaton | Democrat | 1818 | 1829 |
| Felix Grundy | Democrat | 1829 | 1838 |
| Ephraim H. Foster | Whig | 1838 | 1839 |
| Felix Grundy | Democrat | 1839 | 1840 |
| Alfred O. P. Nicholson | Democrat | 1840 | 1842 |
| Vacant | 1842 | 1843 | |
| Ephraim H. Foster | Whig | 1843 | 1845 |
| Hopkins L. Turney | Democrat | 1845 | 1851 |
| James C. Jones | Whig, Democrat |
1851 | 1857 |
| Andrew Johnson | Democrat | 1857 | 1862 |
| Vacant | 1862 | 1866 | |
| David T. Patterson | Unionist, Democrat |
1866 | 1869 |
| William G. Brownlow | Republican | 1869 | 1875 |
| Andrew Johnson | Democrat | 1875 | |
| David M. Key | Democrat | 1875 | 1877 |
| James E. Bailey | Democrat | 1877 | 1881 |
| Howell E. Jackson | Democrat | 1881 | 1886 |
| Washington C. Whitthorne | Democrat | 1886 | 1887 |
| William B. Bate | Democrat | 1887 | 1905 |
| James B. Frazier | Democrat | 1905 | 1911 |
| Luke Lea | Democrat | 1911 | 1917 |
| Kenneth D. McKellar | Democrat | 1917 | 1953 |
| Albert A. Gore Sr. | Democrat | 1953 | 1971 |
| William E. Brock III | Republican | 1971 | 1977 |
| James R. Sasser | Democrat | 1977 | 1995 |
| William H. Frist | Republican | 1995 | 2007 |
| Robert P. Corker | Republican | 2007 |
Class 2
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Blount | Democrat | 1796 | 1797 |
| Joseph Anderson | Democrat | 1797 | 1799 |
| William Cocke | Democrat | 1799 | 1805 |
| Daniel Smith | Democrat | 1805 | 1809 |
| Jenkin Whiteside | Democrat | 1809 | 1811 |
| George W. Campbell | Democrat | 1811 | 1814 |
| Jesse Wharton | Democrat | 1814 | 1815 |
| John Williams | Democrat | 1815 | 1823 |
| Andrew Jackson | Democrat | 1823 | 1825 |
| Hugh Lawson White | Democrat, National Republican, Whig |
1835 | 1840 |
| Alexander O. Anderson | Democrat | 1840 | 1841 |
| SpencerJarnagin | Whig | 1843 | 1847 |
| John Bell | Whig | 1847 | 1859 |
| Alfred O. P. Nicholson | Democrat | 1859 | 1861 |
| Vacant | 1861 | 1866 | |
| Joseph S. Fowler | Unionist, Republican |
1866 | 1871 |
| Henry Cooper | Democrat | 1871 | 1877 |
| Isham G. Harris | Democrat | 1877 | 1897 |
| Thomas B. Turley | Democrat | 1897 | 1901 |
| Edward W. Carmack | Democrat | 1901 | 1907 |
| Robert Love Taylor | Democrat | 1907 | 1912 |
| Newell Sanders | Republican | 1912 | 1913 |
| William R. Webb | Democrat | 1913 | 1913 |
| John K. Shields | Democrat | 1913 | 1925 |
| Lawrence D. Tyson | Democrat | 1925 | 1929 |
| William E. Brock I | Democrat | 1929 | 1931 |
| Cordell Hull | Democrat | 1931 | 1933 |
| Nathan L. Bachman | Democrat | 1933 | 1937 |
| George L. Berry | Democrat | 1937 | 1938 |
| A. Thomas Stewart | Democrat | 1939 | 1949 |
| C. Estes Kefauver | Democrat | 1949 | 1963 |
| Herbert S. Walters | Democrat | 1963 | 1964 |
| Ross Bass | Democrat | 1964 | 1967 |
| Howard H. Baker Jr. | Republican | 1967 | 1985 |
| Albert A. Gore Jr. | Democrat | 1985 | 1993 |
| Harlan Mathews | Democrat | 1993 | 1994 |
| Fred D. Thompson | Republican | 1994 | 2003 |
| A. Lamar Alexander | Republican | 2003 |