Former Governors - Tennessee
| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Bill Haslam | Tennessee | 2011 - 2019 | Republican |
| Gov. Phil Bredesen | Tennessee | 2003 - 2011 | Democratic |
| Gov. Don Sundquist | Tennessee | 1995 - 2003 | Republican |
| Gov. Ned Ray McWherter | Tennessee | 1987 - 1995 | Democratic |
| Gov. Lamar Alexander | Tennessee | 1979 - 1987 | Republican |
| Gov. Ray Blanton | Tennessee | 1975 - 1979 | Democratic |
| Gov. Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn | Tennessee | 1971 - 1975 | Republican |
| Gov. Earl Buford Ellington | Tennessee | 1967 - 1971 1959 - 1963 | Democratic |
| Gov. Frank Goad Clement | Tennessee | 1953 - 1959 | Democratic |
| Gov. Jim Nance McCord | Tennessee | 1945 - 1949 | Democratic |
| Gov. William Prentice Cooper | Tennessee | 1939 - 1945 | Democratic |
| Gov. Gordon Browning | Tennessee | 1937 - 1939 | Democratic |
| Gov. Harry Hill McAlister | Tennessee | 1933 - 1937 | Democratic |
| Gov. Henry Hollis Horton | Tennessee | 1927 - 1933 | Democratic |
| Gov. Austin Peay III | Tennessee | 1923 - 1927 | Democratic |
| Gov. Alfred Alexander Taylor | Tennessee | 1921 - 1923 | Republican |
| Gov. Albert Houston Roberts | Tennessee | 1919 - 1921 | Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas Clarke Rye | Tennessee | 1915 - 1919 | Democratic |
| Gov. Ben Walter Hooper | Tennessee | 1911 - 1915 | Republican |
| Gov. Malcolm Rice Patterson | Tennessee | 1907 - 1911 | Democratic |
| Gov. John Isaac Cox | Tennessee | 1905 - 1907 | Democratic |
| Gov. James Beriah Frazier | Tennessee | 1903 - 1905 | Democratic |
| Gov. Benton McMillin | Tennessee | 1899 - 1903 | Democratic |
| Gov. Robert Love Taylor | Tennessee | 1897 - 1899 1887 - 1891 | Democratic |
| Gov. Peter Turney | Tennessee | 1893 - 1897 | Democratic |
| Gov. John Price Buchanan | Tennessee | 1891 - 1893 | Farm-Labor |
| Gov. William Brimage Bate | Tennessee | 1883 - 1887 | Democratic |
| Gov. Alvin Hawkins | Tennessee | 1881 - 1883 | Republican/Whig |
| Gov. Albert Smith Marks | Tennessee | 1879 - 1881 | Democratic |
| Gov. James Davis Porter | Tennessee | 1875 - 1879 | Democratic |
| Gov. John Calvin Brown | Tennessee | 1871 - 1875 | Democratic/Whig |
| Gov. DeWitt Clinton Senter | Tennessee | 1869 - 1871 | Republican/Whig |
| Gov. William Gannaway Brownlow | Tennessee | 1865 - 1869 | Whig/Know-Nothing |
| Gov. Edward Hazzard East | Tennessee | 1865 - 1865 | Democratic/Opposition Party |
| Gov. Robert Looney Caruthers | Tennessee | 1863 - 1863 | Democratic |
| Gov. Andrew Johnson | Tennessee | 1862 - 1865 1853 - 1857 | Democratic |
| Gov. Isham Green Harris | Tennessee | 1857 - 1862 | Democratic |
| Gov. William Bowen Campbell | Tennessee | 1851 - 1853 | Whig |
| Gov. William Trousdale | Tennessee | 1849 - 1851 | Democratic |
| Gov. Neill Smith Brown | Tennessee | 1847 - 1849 | Whig/Know-Nothing |
| Gov. Aaron Venable Brown | Tennessee | 1845 - 1847 | Democratic |
| Gov. James Chamberlain Jones | Tennessee | 1841 - 1845 | Whig |
| Gov. James Knox Polk | Tennessee | 1839 - 1841 | Democratic |
| Gov. Newton Cannon | Tennessee | 1835 - 1839 | Whig |
| Gov. William Carroll | Tennessee | 1829 - 1835 1821 - 1827 | Democratic-Republican (first three terms); Democrat (last three terms) |
| Gov. William Hall | Tennessee | 1829 - 1829 | Democratic |
| Gov. Samuel Houston | Tennessee | 1827 - 1829 | Union Democratic |
| Gov. Joseph McMinn | Tennessee | 1815 - 1821 | Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Willie Blount | Tennessee | 1809 - 1815 | Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. John Sevier | Tennessee | 1803 - 1809 1796 - 1801 | Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Archibald Roane | Tennessee | 1801 - 1803 | Democratic-Republican |
