| 1790 | 1796 | William Blount | (b. 1749, d. 1800) | | 30-Mar-1796 | 23-Sep-1801 | John Sevier | (1st time, b. 1745, d. 1815, Democrat-Republican) | | 23-Sep-1801 | 23-Sep-1803 | Archibald Roane | (b. 1760, d. 1819, Democrat-Republican) | | 23-Sep-1803 | 20-Sep-1809 | John Sevier | (2nd time, Democrat-Republican) | | 20-Sep-1809 | 27-Sep-1815 | Willie Blount | (b. 1768, d. 1835, Democrat-Republican) | | 27-Sep-1815 | 1-Oct-1821 | Joseph McMinn | (b. 1758, d. 1854, Democrat-Republican) | | 1-Oct-1821 | 1-Oct-1827 | William Carroll | (1st time, b. 1788, d. 1844, Democrat-Republican) | | 1-Oct-1827 | 16-Apr-1829 | Sam Houston | (b. 1793, d. 1863, Democrat-Republican) | | 16-Apr-1829 | 1-Oct-1829 | William Hall | (acting, b. 1775, d. 1856, Democrat) | | 1-Oct-1829 | 12-Oct-1835 | William Carroll | (2nd time, Democrat) | | 12-Oct-1835 | 14-Oct-1839 | Newton Cannon | (b. 1781, d. 1841, Democrat) | | 14-Oct-1839 | 15-Oct-1841 | James Knox Polk | (b. 1795, d. 1849, Democrat) | | 15-Oct-1841 | 14-Oct-1845 | James C. Jones | (b. 1809, d. 1859, Whig) | | 14-Oct-1845 | 17-Oct-1847 | Aaron V. Brown | (b. 1795, d. 1859, Democrat) | | 17-Oct-1847 | 16-Oct-1849 | Neill S. Brown | (b. 1810, d. 1886, Whig) | | 16-Oct-1849 | 16-Oct-1851 | William Trousdale | (b. 1790, d. 1872, Democrat) | | 16-Oct-1851 | 17-Oct-1853 | William B. Campbell | (b. 1807, d. 1867, Whig) | | 17-Oct-1853 | 3-Nov-1857 | Andrew Johnson | (1st time, b. 1808, d. 1875, Democrat) | | 3-Nov-1857 | 12-Mar-1862 | Isham Green Harris | (b. 1818, d. 1897, Democrat) | | 1862 | 1864 | Isham Green Harris | (as Confederate Governor) | | 12-Mar-1862 | 4-Mar-1865 | Andrew Johnson | (2nd time, Military Governor) | | 4-Mar-1865 | 5-Apr-1865 | Edward Hazzard East | (acting, b. 1830, d. 1904) | | 5-Apr-1865 | 25-Feb-1869 | William G. Brownlow | (b. 1805, d. 1877, Republican) | | 25-Feb-1869 | 10-Oct-1871 | DeWitt C. Senter | (b. 1830, d. 1898, Republican) | | 10-Oct-1871 | 18-Jan-1875 | John C. Brown | (b. 1827, d. 1889, Democrat) | | 18-Jan-1875 | 16-Feb-1879 | James D. Porter | (b. 1828, d. 1912, Democrat) | | 16-Feb-1879 | 17-Jan-1881 | Albert S. Marks | (b. 1836, d. 1891, Democrat) | | 17-Jan-1881 | 15-Jan-1883 | Alvin Hawkins | (b. 1821, d. 1905, Republican) | | 15-Jan-1883 | 17-Jan-1887 | William B. Bate | (b. 1826, d. 1905, Democrat) | | 17-Jan-1887 | 19-Jan-1891 | Robert L. Taylor | (1st time, b. 1850, d. 1912, Democrat) | | 19-Jan-1891 | 16-Jan-1893 | John P. Buchanan | (b. 1847, d. 1930, Democrat) | | 16-Jan-1893 | 21-Jan-1897 | Peter Turney | (b. 1827, d. 1903, Democrat) | | 21-Jan-1897 | 16-Jan-1899 | Robert L. Taylor | (2nd time, Democrat) | | 16-Jan-1899 | 19-Jan-1903 | Benton McMillin | (b. 1845, d. 1933, Democrat) | | 19-Jan-1903 | 21-Mar-1905 | James B. Frazier | (b. 1856, d. 1937, Democrat) | | 21-Mar-1905 | 17-Jan-1907 | John I. Cox | (b. 1855, d. 1946, Democrat) | | 17-Jan-1907 | 26-Jan-1911 | Malcolm R. Patterson | (b. 1861, d. 1935, Democrat) | | 26-Jan-1911 | 17-Jan-1915 | Ben W. Hooper | (b. 1870, d. 1957, Republican) | | 17-Jan-1915 | 15-Jan-1919 | Thomas C. Rye | (b. 1863, d. 1953, Democrat) | | 15-Jan-1919 | 15-Jan-1921 | Albert H. Roberts | (b. 1868, d. 1946, Democrat) | | 15-Jan-1921 | 16-Jan-1923 | Alfred A. Taylor | (b. 1848, d. 1931, Republican) | | 16-Jan-1923 | 2-Oct-1927 | Austin Peay | (b. 1876, d. 1927, Democrat) | | 3-Oct-1927 | 17-Jan-1933 | Henry H. Horton | (b. 1866, d. 1934, Democrat) | | 17-Jan-1933 | 15-Jan-1937 | Hill McAlister | (b. 1875, d. 1959, Democrat) | | 15-Jan-1937 | 16-Jan-1939 | Gordon Browning | (1st time, b. 1889, d. 1976, Democrat) | | 16-Jan-1939 | 16-Jan-1945 | Prentice Cooper | (b. 1895, d. 1969, Democrat) | | 16-Jan-1945 | 17-Jan-1949 | Jim Nance McCord | (b. 1879, d. 1968, Democrat) | | 17-Jan-1949 | 15-Jan-1953 | Gordon Browning | (2nd time, Democrat) | | 15-Jan-1953 | 19-Jan-1959 | Frank G. Clement | (1st time, b. 1920, d. 1969, Democrat) | | 19-Jan-1959 | 15-Jan-1963 | Buford Ellington | (1st time, b. 1907, d. 1972, Democrat) | | 15-Jan-1963 | 16-Jan-1967 | Frank G. Clement | (2nd time, Democrat) | | 16-Jan-1967 | 16-Jan-1971 | Buford Ellington | (2nd time, Democrat) | | 16-Jan-1971 | 18-Jan-1975 | Winfield Dunn | (b. 1927, Republican) | | 18-Jan-1975 | 17-Jan-1979 | Ray Blanton | (b. 1930, d. 1996, Democrat) | | 17-Jan-1979 | 17-Jan-1987 | Lamar Alexander | (b. 1940, Republican) | | 17-Jan-1987 | 21-Jan-1995 | Ned McWherter | (b. 1930, Democrat) | | 21-Jan-1995 | 18-Jan-2003 | Don Sundquist | (b. 1936, Republican) | | 18-Jan-2003 | 15-Jan-2011 | Phil Bredesen | (b. 1943, Democrat) | | 15-Jan-2011 | -- | Bill Haslam | (b. 1958, Republican) |
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