Name |
Party |
Years |
Cong ress |
Electoral history |
District established March 4, 1823 |
Sam Houston (Nashville) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1823 - March 4, 1825 |
18th 19th |
Elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Retired to run for Governor of Tennessee. |
Jacksonian |
March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1827 |
John Bell (Nashville) |
Jacksonian |
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835 |
20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th |
Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Retired to become U.S. Secretary of War. |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
Whig |
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
Robert L. Caruthers (Lebanon) |
Whig |
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th |
Elected in 1841. Retired. |
David W. Dickinson (Murfreesboro) |
Whig |
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th |
Elected in 1843. Retired. |
Meredith P. Gentry (Franklin) |
Whig |
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1853 |
29th 30th 31st 32nd |
Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Retired. |
Robert M. Bugg (Lynnville) |
Whig |
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd |
Elected in 1853. Retired. |
John V. Wright (Purdy) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 |
34th 35th 36th |
Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Could not seek re-election, as West Tennessee seceded. |
District inactive |
March 4, 1861 – July 24, 1866 |
37th 38th 39th |
Civil War and Reconstruction |
Isaac R. Hawkins (Huntingdon) |
Unionist |
July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1867 |
39th 40th 41st |
Elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Retired. |
Republican |
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
Robert P. Caldwell (Trenton) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd |
Elected in 1870. Lost renomination. |
John Atkins (Paris) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd |
Elected in 1872. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
Washington C. Whitthorne (Columbia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 |
44th 45th 46th 47th |
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired. |
John G. Ballentine (Pulaski) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
48th 49th |
Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired. |
Washington C. Whitthorne (Columbia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891 |
50th 51st |
Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired. |
Nicholas N. Cox (Franklin) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1901 |
52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th |
Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired. |
Lemuel P. Padgett (Columbia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1901 – August 2, 1922 |
57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th |
Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-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. Died. |
Vacant |
August 2, 1922 – November 6, 1922 |
67th |
|
Clarence W. Turner (Waverly) |
Democratic |
November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1923 |
Elected to finish Padgett's term. Retired. |
William C. Salmon (Columbia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 |
68th |
Elected in 1922. Retired. |
Edward E. Eslick (Pulaski) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1925 – June 14, 1932 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died. |
Vacant |
June 14, 1932 – August 12, 1932 |
72nd |
|
Willa Eslick (Pulaski) |
Democratic |
August 13, 1932 – March 3, 1933 |
Elected to finish her husband's term. Retired. |
Gordon Browning (Huntingdon) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd |
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1932. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
Herron C. Pearson (Jackson) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 |
74th 75th 76th 77th |
Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Retired. |
W. Wirt Courtney (Franklin) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 |
78th 79th 80th |
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost renomination. |
James P. Sutton (Lawrenceburg) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
81st 82nd |
Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 6th district. |
Tom J. Murray (Jackson) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1953 – December 30, 1966 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th |
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Lost renomination and resigned early. |
Vacant |
December 31, 1966 – January 2, 1967 |
89th |
|
Ray Blanton (Adamsville) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1967– January 3, 1973 |
90th 91st 92nd |
Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
Ed Jones (Yorkville) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th |
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
Don Sundquist (Memphis) |
Republican |
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd |
Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired to run for Governor of Tennessee. |
Ed Bryant (Henderson) |
Republican |
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
104th 105th 106th 107th |
Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
Marsha Blackburn (Brentwood) |
Republican |
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2019 |
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th |
Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
Mark E. Green (Clarksville) |
Republican |
January 3, 2019 – present |
116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022 Running for re-election. |