Governors of Tennessee, 1796-2019(May beincomplete!) JohnSevier 1796-1801ArchibaldRoane 1801-03JohnSevier 1803-09WilliamBlount 1809-15JosephMcMinn 1815-21WilliamCarroll 1821-27SamHouston 1827-29WilliamHall 1829WilliamCarroll 1829-35NewtonCannon 1835-39JamesK. Polk 1839-41JamesC. Jones 1841-45AaronV. Brown 1845-47NeillS. Brown 1847-49WilliamTrousdale 1849-51WilliamB. Campbell 1851-53AndrewJohnson 1853-57IshamG. Harris 1857-62AndrewJohnson 1862-65E.H. East 1865WilliamG. Brownlow 1865-69DeWittClinton Senter 1869-71JohnC. Brown 1871-75JamesD. Porter, Jr. 1875-79AlbertS. Marks 1879-81AlvinHawkins 1881-83WilliamB. Bate 1883-87RobertL. Taylor 1887-91JohnP. Buchanan 1891-93PeterTurney 1893-97RobertL. Taylor 1897-99BentonMcMillin 1899-1903JamesB. Frazier 1903-05JohnI. Cox 1905-07MalcolmR. Patterson 1907-11BenW. Hooper 1911-15TomC. Rye 1915-19A.H. Roberts 1919-21AlfredA. Taylor 1921-23AustinPeay IV 1923-27HenryH. Horton 1927-33HillMcAlister 1933-37GordonBrowning 1937-39PrenticeCooper 1939-45JimNance McCord 1945-49GordonBrowning 1949-53FrankG. Clement 1953-59BufordEllington 1959-63FrankG. Clement 1963-67BufordEllington 1967-71WinfieldDunn 1971-75RayBlanton 1975-79LamarAlexander 1979-87NedMcWherter 1987-95DonaldK. Sundquist 1995-2003PhilBredesen 2003-11BillHaslam 2011-19BillLee 2019- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1815:RobertC. Foster, defeated. 1817:RobertC. Foster, defeated. 1827:NewtonCannon, defeated;WilliamBlount, defeated. 1835:NewtonCannon, elected. 1837:NewtonCannon, elected. 1839:NewtonCannon, defeated. 1845:EphraimH. Foster (Whig), defeated. 1853:GustavusAdolphus Henry, defeated. 1855:GustavusAdolphus Henry, defeated. 1867:EmersonEtheridge, defeated. 1874:HoraceMaynard, defeated. 1880:JohnVines Wright, defeated. 1882:WilliamB. Bate, elected. 1884:WilliamB. Bate, elected. 1886:AlfredA. Taylor (Rep), defeated. 1894:H.Clay Evans (Rep), defeated. 1896:GeorgeN. Tillman (Rep), defeated. 1908:EdwardW. Carmack (Dem), defeated for nomination;GeorgeN. Tillman (Rep), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:BenW. Hooper (Rep), elected;BentonMcMillin (Dem), defeated;WilliamF. Poston (Progressive), defeated;C.G. Howard (Socialist), defeated. 1914 Nov 3:TomC. Rye (Dem), elected;BenW. Hooper (Rep), defeated;J.N. Lotspeich (Socialist), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:TomC. Rye (Dem), elected;JohnW. Overall (Rep), defeated;L.D. Wiles (Socialist), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:A.H. Roberts (Dem), elected;H.B. Lindsey (Rep), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:AlfredA. Taylor (Rep), elected;A.H. Roberts (Dem), defeated;J.M. Lindsley (Socialist), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:AustinPeay IV (Dem), elected;AlfredA. Taylor (Rep), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:AustinPeay IV (Dem), elected;T.F. Peck (Rep), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:AustinPeay IV (Dem), elected;WalterWhite (Rep), defeated;S.W. Williams (Ind), defeated. 1927 Oct 2:AustinPeay IV, died in office. 1928 Nov 6:HenryH. Horton (Dem), elected;RaleighHopkins (Rep), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:HenryH. Horton (Dem), elected;C.Arthur Bruce (Rep), defeated;SamuelBorenstein (Ind), defeated. 1938:GordonBrowning, defeated for nomination;HowardH. Baker (Rep), defeated. 1948:RoyAcuff (Rep), defeated. 1950:CliffordRobertson Allen, defeated. 1952:GordonBrowning, defeated for nomination;CliffordRobertson Allen, defeated. 1954 Aug 5:FrankG. Clement (Dem), nominated;GordonBrowning (Dem), defeated in primary;RaulstonSchoolfield (Dem), defeated in primary. 1954 Nov 2:FrankG. Clement (Dem), elected;JohnR. Neal (Ind), defeated. 1956:CliffordRobertson Allen, defeated. 1958 Aug 7:BufordEllington (Dem), nominated;AndrewT. Taylor (Dem), defeated in primary;EdmundOrgill (Dem), defeated in primary;CliffordRobertson Allen (Dem), defeated in primary;JakeArmstrong (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnHickey (Dem), defeated in primary;G.Edward Friar (Dem), defeated in primary. 1962:WilliamR. Anderson (Ind), defeated;HubertD. Patty (Rep), defeated. 1970:WilliamL. Jenkins (Rep), defeated in primary. 1974 Nov 5:RayBlanton (Dem), elected;LamarAlexander (Rep), defeated;JackComer (Ind), defeated;AlfredW. Taylor (Ind), defeated;JamesE. Reesor (Ind), defeated;HubertD. Patty (Ind), defeated;ArnoldJ. Zandi (Ind), defeated. 1978:RichardH. Fulton, defeated for nomination. 1978:RobertN. Clement (Dem), defeated in primary. 1982 Aug 5:RandyTyree (Dem), nominated;AnnaBelle O'Brien (Dem), defeated in primary;TomHenry (Dem), defeated in primary;TommyMcKnight (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnG. Love (Dem), defeated in primary;LutherMartin Kindall (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesWesley Thomas (Dem), defeated in primary;VirginiaNyabongo (Dem), defeated in primary;BoyceT. McCall (Dem), defeated in primary. 1982 Aug 5:LamarAlexander (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1982 Nov 2:LamarAlexander (Rep), elected;RandyTyree (Dem), defeated. 1986:RichardH. Fulton, defeated for nomination. 1994:DonaldK. Sundquist (Rep), elected. 1998:DonaldK. Sundquist (Rep), elected. 2002:VanHilleary, defeated. | |