Governor of Tennessee
Governor History57
Bill LeeRepublican • Jan 2019 – Present
Bill HaslamRepublican • Jan 2011 – Dec 2019
Phil BredesenDemocratic • Jan 2003 – Dec 2011
Don SundquistRepublican • Jan 1995 – Dec 2003
Ned Ray McWherterDemocratic • Jan 1987 – Dec 1995
Lamar AlexanderRepublican • Jan 1979 – Dec 1987
Ray BlantonDemocratic • Jan 1975 – Dec 1979
Bryant Winfield Culberson DunnRepublican • Jan 1971 – Dec 1975
Earl Buford EllingtonDemocratic • Jan 1967 – Dec 1971
Earl Buford EllingtonDemocratic • Jan 1959 – Dec 1963
Frank Goad ClementDemocratic • Jan 1953 – Dec 1959
Jim Nance McCordDemocratic • Jan 1945 – Dec 1949
William Prentice CooperDemocratic • Jan 1939 – Dec 1945
Gordon BrowningDemocratic • Jan 1937 – Dec 1939
Harry Hill McAlisterDemocratic • Jan 1933 – Dec 1937
Henry Hollis HortonDemocratic • Jan 1927 – Dec 1933
Austin Peay IIIDemocratic • Jan 1923 – Dec 1927
Alfred Alexander TaylorRepublican • Jan 1921 – Dec 1923
Albert Houston RobertsDemocratic • Jan 1919 – Dec 1921
Thomas Clarke RyeDemocratic • Jan 1915 – Dec 1919
Ben Walter HooperRepublican • Jan 1911 – Dec 1915
Malcolm Rice PattersonDemocratic • Jan 1907 – Dec 1911
John W. CoxDemocratic • Jan 1905 – Dec 1907
James Beriah FrazierDemocratic • Jan 1903 – Dec 1905
Benton McMillinDemocratic • Jan 1899 – Dec 1903
Robert Love TaylorDemocratic • Jan 1897 – Dec 1899
Peter TurneyDemocratic • Jan 1893 – Dec 1897
John BuchananFarm-Labor • Jan 1891 – Dec 1893
Robert Love TaylorDemocratic • Jan 1887 – Dec 1891
William Brimage BateDemocratic • Jan 1883 – Dec 1887
Alvin HawkinsRepublican/Whig • Jan 1881 – Dec 1883
Albert Smith MarksDemocratic • Jan 1879 – Dec 1881
James Davis PorterDemocratic • Jan 1875 – Dec 1879
John Calvin BrownDemocratic/Whig • Jan 1871 – Dec 1875
DeWitt Clinton SenterRepublican/Whig • Jan 1869 – Dec 1871
William Gannaway BrownlowWhig/Know-Nothing • Jan 1865 – Dec 1869
Edward Hazzard EastDemocratic/Opposition Party • Jan 1865 – Dec 1865
Robert Looney CaruthersDemocratic • Jan 1863 – Dec 1863
Andrew JohnsonDemocratic • Jan 1862 – Dec 1865
Isham Green HarrisDemocratic • Jan 1857 – Dec 1862
Andrew JohnsonDemocratic • Jan 1853 – Dec 1857
William Bowen CampbellWhig • Jan 1851 – Dec 1853
William TrousdaleDemocratic • Jan 1849 – Dec 1851
Neill Smith BrownWhig/Know-Nothing • Jan 1847 – Dec 1849
Aaron Venable BrownDemocratic • Jan 1845 – Dec 1847
James R. JonesWhig • Jan 1841 – Dec 1845
James Knox PolkDemocratic • Jan 1839 – Dec 1841
Newton CannonWhig • Jan 1835 – Dec 1839
William HallDemocratic • Jan 1829 – Dec 1829
William CarrollDemocratic-Republican (first three terms); Democrat (last three terms) • Jan 1829 – Dec 1835
Samuel HoustonUnion Democratic • Jan 1827 – Dec 1829
William CarrollDemocratic-Republican (first three terms); Democrat (last three terms) • Jan 1821 – Dec 1827
Joseph McMinnDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1815 – Dec 1821
Willie BlountDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1809 – Dec 1815
John SevierDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1803 – Dec 1809
Archibald RoaneDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1801 – Dec 1803
John SevierDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1796 – Dec 1801