Member (Residence) |
Party |
Years |
Cong ress |
Electoral history |
District location |
District established March 4, 1813 |
Parry W. Humpreys (Nashville) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th |
Elected in 1813. Retired. |
1813–1823 [data missing] |
James B. Reynolds (Clarksville) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th |
Elected in 1815. Lost re-election. |
George W. L. Marr (Clarksville) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th |
Elected in 1817. Lost renomination. |
Henry H. Bryan (Palmyra) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
16th |
Elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821 but failed to qualify. |
Vacant |
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th |
|
James T. Sandford (Columbia) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th |
Elected in 1823. Lost re-election. |
1823–1833 [data missing] |
James K. Polk (Columbia) |
Jacksonian |
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
19th 20th 21st 22nd |
Elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 9th district. |
Balie Peyton (Gallatin) |
Jacksonian |
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd 24th |
Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired. |
1833–1843 [data missing] |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
William B. Campbell (Carthage) |
Whig |
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
25th 26th 27th |
Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired. |
Aaron V. Brown (Pulaski) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th |
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1843. Retired to run for Governor of Tennessee. |
1843–1853 [data missing] |
Barclay Martin (Columbia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th |
Elected in 1845. Retired. |
James H. Thomas (Columbia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 |
30th 31st |
Elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Lost re-election. |
William H. Polk (Columbia) |
Independent Democratic |
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd |
Elected in 1851. Retired. |
George W. Jones (Fayetteville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 |
33rd 34th 35th |
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Retired. |
1853–1861 [data missing] |
James H. Thomas (Columbia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th |
Elected in 1859. Retired. |
District inactive |
March 4, 1861 – July 24, 1866 |
37th 38th 39th |
Civil War and Reconstruction |
Samuel M. Arnell (Columbia) |
Unconditional Unionist |
July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1867 |
39th 40th 41st |
Elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Retired. |
1866–1873 [data missing] |
Republican |
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
Washington C. Whitthorne (Columbia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
42nd 43rd |
Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Redistricted to the 7th district. |
1873–1883 [data missing] |
John F. House (Clarksville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 |
44th 45th 46th 47th |
Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired. |
Andrew J. Caldwell (Nashville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
48th 49th |
Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired. |
1883–1893 [data missing] |
Joseph E. Washington (Cedar Hill) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1897 |
50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th |
Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired. |
1893–1903 [data missing] |
John W. Gaines (Nashville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909 |
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th |
Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost renomination. |
1903–1913 [data missing] |
Jo Byrns (Nashville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1933 |
61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
1913–1923 [data missing] |
1923–1933 [data missing] |
Clarence W. Turner (Waverly) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1933 – March 23, 1939 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th |
Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Died. |
1933–1943 [data missing] |
Vacant |
March 23, 1939 – May 11, 1939 |
76th |
|
W. Wirt Courtney (Franklin) |
Democratic |
May 11, 1939 – January 3, 1943 |
76th 77th |
Elected to finish Turner's term. Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the 7th district. |
Percy Priest (Nashville) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953 |
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd |
Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
1943–1953 [data missing] |
James P. Sutton (Lawrenceburg) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
83rd |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1952. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
1953–1963 [data missing] |
Ross Bass (Pulaski) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1955 – November 3, 1964 |
84th 85th 86th 87th 88th |
Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Retired to run for U.S. senator and resigned when elected. |
1963–1973 [data missing] |
Vacant |
November 3, 1964 – January 3, 1965 |
88th |
|
William R. Anderson (Waverly) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 |
89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election. |
Robin Beard (Franklin) |
Republican |
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th |
Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
Al Gore (Carthage) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
98th |
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1982. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
1983–1993 [data missing] |
Bart Gordon (Murfreesboro) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2011 |
99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th |
Elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired. |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
2003–2013
|
Diane Black (Gallatin) |
Republican |
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019 |
112th 113th 114th 115th |
Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired to run for Governor of Tennessee. |
2013–2023
|
John Rose (Cookeville) |
Republican |
January 3, 2019 – present |
116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022 |
2023–present
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