| Representative | Party | Years | Cong
ress | Note |
|---|
| District established March 4, 1833 |
William M. Inge
(Fayetteville) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835 | 23rd | Elected in 1833.
Retired. |
Ebenezer J. Shields
(Pulaski) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837 | 24th
25th | Elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Lost re-election. |
| Whig | March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839 |
Aaron V. Brown
(Pulaski) | Democratic | March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843 | 26th
27th | Elected in 1839.
Re-elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the6th district. |
John B. Ashe
(Brownsville) | Whig | March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845 | 28th | Elected in 1843.
Retired. |
Frederick P. Stanton
(Memphis) | Democratic | March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1855 | 29th
30th
31st
32nd
33rd | Elected in 1845.
Re-elected in 1847.
Re-elected in 1849.
Re-elected in 1851.
Re-elected in 1853.
Retired. |
Thomas Rivers
(Somerville) | Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857 | 34th | Elected in 1855.
Retired. |
William T. Avery
(Pulaski) | Democratic | March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861 | 35th
36th | Elected in 1857.
Re-elected in 1859.
Could not seek re-election, asWest Tennessee seceded. |
| District inactive | March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863 | 37th | Civil War |
| District dissolved March 4, 1863 |
| District re-established March 4, 1875 |
H. Casey Young
(Memphis) | Democratic | March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1881 | 44th
45th
46th | Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Lost re-election. |
William R. Moore
(Memphis) | Republican | March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883 | 47th | Elected in 1880.
Renominated but declined. |
H. Casey Young
(Memphis) | Democratic | March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885 | 48th | Elected in 1882.
Retired. |
Zachary Taylor
(Covington) | Republican | March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887 | 49th | Elected in 1884.
Lost re-election. |
James Phelan, Jr.
(Memphis) | Democratic | March 4, 1887 –
January 30, 1891 | 50th
51st | Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Retired but died before next term began. |
| Vacant | January 30, 1891 –
March 4, 1891 | 51st | |
Josiah Patterson
(Memphis) | Democratic | March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1897 | 52nd
53rd
54th | Elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Lost re-election as a National Democrat. |
Edward W. Carmack
(Memphis) | Democratic | March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901 | 55th
56th | Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Retired torun for U.S. senator. |
Malcolm R. Patterson
(Memphis) | Democratic | March 4, 1901 –
November 5, 1906 | 57th
58th
59th | Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Retired torun for Governor of Tennessee and resigned when elected. |
| Vacant | November 5, 1906 –
March 4, 1907 | 59th | |
George Gordon
(Memphis) | Democratic | March 4, 1907 –
August 9, 1911 | 60th
61st
62nd | Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Died. |
| Vacant | August 9, 1911 –
December 4, 1911 | 62nd | |
Kenneth McKellar
(Memphis) | Democratic | December 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1917 | 62nd
63rd
64th | Elected to finish Gordon's term.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Retired torun for U.S. senator. |
Hubert Fisher
(Memphis) | Democratic | March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1931 | 65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st | 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.
Retired. |
E. H. Crump
(Memphis) | Democratic | March 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933 | 72nd | Elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the9th district. |
| District dissolved March 4, 1933 |
| District re-established January 3, 1943 |
Clifford Davis
(Memphis) | Democratic | January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1953 | 78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd | Redistricted from the9th district andre-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the9th district. |
| District dissolved January 3, 1953 |
