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Tennessee: Governors
Governors of Tennessee, 1796-2004 (May be
incomplete!)
John
Sevier 1796-1801
Archibald
Roane 1801-03
John
Sevier 1803-09
William
Blount 1809-15
Joseph
McMinn 1815-21
William
Carroll 1821-27
Sam
Houston 1827-29
William
Hall 1829
William
Carroll 1829-35
Newton
Cannon 1835-39
James
K. Polk 1839-41
James
C. Jones 1841-45
Aaron
V. Brown 1845-47
Neill
S. Brown 1847-49
William
Trousdale 1849-51
William
B. Campbell 1851-53
Andrew
Johnson 1853-57
Isham
G. Harris 1857-62
Andrew
Johnson 1862-65
E.
H. East 1865
William
G. Brownlow 1865-69
DeWitt
Clinton Senter 1869-71
John
C. Brown 1871-75
James
D. Porter, Jr. 1875-79
Albert
S. Marks 1879-81
Alvin
Hawkins 1881-83
William
B. Bate 1883-87
Robert
L. Taylor 1887-91
John
P. Buchanan 1891-93
Peter
Turney 1893-97
Robert
L. Taylor 1897-99
Benton
McMillin 1899-1903
James
B. Frazier 1903-05
John
I. Cox 1905-07
Malcolm
R. Patterson 1907-11
Ben
W. Hooper 1911-15
Tom
C. Rye 1915-19
A.
H. Roberts 1919-21
Alfred
A. Taylor 1921-23
Austin
Peay IV 1923-27
Henry
Hollis Horton 1927-33
Hill
McAlister 1933-37
Gordon
Browning 1937-39
Prentice
Cooper 1939-45
Jim
Nance McCord 1945-49
Gordon
Browning 1949-53
Frank
G. Clement 1953-59
Buford
Ellington 1959-63
Frank
G. Clement 1963-67
Buford
Ellington 1967-71
Winfield
Dunn 1971-75
Ray
Blanton 1975-79
Lamar
Alexander 1979-87
Ned
McWherter 1987-
Donald
K. Sundquist 1995-
Phil
Bredesen 2003-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
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