The Political Graveyard: Tennessee: State Senate

Tennessee: State Senate

Members of the Tennessee State Senate, 1796-2006 (May be incomplete!)

Blank district: Joseph McMinn 1796-98 William Blount 1798-1800 John Alexander Cocke 1799-1801 Hugh L. White 1807 Thomas Hart Benton 1809 Robert Coleman Foster 1809-15 Thomas K. Harris 1809-11 John Sevier 1810 Newton Cannon 1811-13 Joseph McMinn 1812 Adam Rankin Alexander 1817 John Bell 1817 John Hartwell Marable 1817-18 John Blair 1819-23 Aaron V. Brown 1821-25 William Hall 1821 Robert Jetton 1823-25 Robert Weakley 1823-24 Tilghman A. Howard 1824 Robert Coleman Foster 1825-27 Aaron V. Brown 1826-27 John Williams 1827-28 Newton Cannon 1829-31 Abraham McClelland 1829-33 William Blount Carter 183? Robert Jetton 1831-33 Stephen Adams 1833-34 Robert Cannon 1833-35 William Trousdale 1835-36 Alexander Blackburn Bradford 1837 George Washington Jones 1839-41 Henderson King Yoakum 1839 Thomas McKissick Jones 184? Robert Coleman Foster, Jr. 1841-43 Andrew Johnson 1841 Josiah M. Anderson 1843-45 John Alexander Cocke 1843 William Cullom 1843-47 Isaac Thomas Lenoir 1845-47 Isham G. Harris 1847 Landon C. Haynes 1847 Erasmus Lee Gardenhire 1849-51 Felix Kirk Zollicoffer 1849 Robert Porter Caldwell 1855-56 Edward S. Cheatham 1855-57 John DeWitt Clinton Atkins 1857 Thomas Menees 1857 Joseph Brown Heiskell 1858 Roderick R. Butler 1859 George R. McClelland 1859-61 Washington Barrow 1860-61 Edward S. Cheatham 1861-63 William Jay Smith 1867-69 Henry Cooper 1869 Balie Peyton 1869-70 Robert Malone Bugg 1871-72 Henry R. Gibson 1871 James D. Richardson 1873-74 James D. Tillman 1873 John R. Neal 1878-79 Zachary Taylor 1881-83 Thomas J. R. Swafford 1884 William Jay Smith 1885-87 William Parker Caldwell 1891-93 Nathan W. Hale 1893-95 James D. Tillman 1893 John C. Houk 1896 Horace A. Mann 1897-1901 Lemuel P. Padgett 1899-1900 Sam R. Sells 190? Joseph W. Byrns 1901 James D. Tillman 1901 Daniel E. Garrett 1903-05 Augustus Holly Askew 1909-13 Hill McAlister 1911-13 Hubert Fisher 1913-14 Hugh Crump Anderson 1915 Tyler Berry 1915-17 Eugene J. Bryan 1921 Walter Chandler 1921-23 Frank Hoyt Gailor 1923 William Francis Barry 1927-31 H. C. Anderson 1931-33 Marion S. Boyd 1935 Thomas Hughlon Akin 1937-39 Prentice Cooper 1937 James L. Bomar, Jr. 1947-48 Clifford Robertson Allen 1949-51 Clifford Robertson Allen 1955-59 Richard H. Fulton 1959-60 James L. Bomar, Jr. 1963-64 Avon N. Williams, Jr. 1968-90 Thomas Raymond Shadden 197? Victor Ashe 1975-84 William H. Boner 1976-78 Tommy Burks 1979-98 Steve Cohen 1983-2006 Lincoln Davis 1996-2002 Marsha Blackburn 1998-2002
1st District: Hubert C. Brooks 1947
2nd District: William Buckles 1947
3rd District: John Lee West 1947
4th District: R. W. Smith 1947
5th District: Ed Giffin 1947
6th District: Hugh Callaway 1947
7th District: J. P. Cartwright 1947
8th District: J. Clifford Curry 1947
9th District: Robert W. Kemmer 1947
10th District: J. H. Reneau, Jr. 1947
11th District: Roy Wiseman 1947
12th District: James H. Cummings 1947
13th District: Willard Hagan 1947
14th District: Aubrey L. West 1947
15th District: Austin Peay, Jr. 1947
16th District: Carmack Cochran 1947
17th District: J. Olin White 1947
19th District: Hale Hawkins 1947
20th District: E. E. Loftin 1947 John T. Hicks 1977-93
21st District: John S. Thomason 1947
22nd District: Hayes Gordon 1947
23rd District: W. H. Wiseman 1947
24th District: G. C. 'Buck' Crider 1947
25th District: George O. Benton 1947-51 Kenneth N. Springer 1981-82 Kenneth N. Springer 1991-2000
26th District: Wyly C. Lockhart 1947
27th District: Z. D. Atkins 1947
28th District: Charles B. Fields 1947
29th District: Clark P. Moss 1947
30th District: Blanchard Tual 1947
31st District: James Brister 1947
32nd District: Perry Pipkin 1947
33rd District: Harry U. Scruggs 1947

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1800 Mar 21: William Blount, died in office.

1884 Oct 17: Thomas J. R. Swafford, died in office.

1902: Daniel E. Garrett, elected.

1904: Daniel E. Garrett, elected.

1915 Mar 1: Hugh Crump Anderson, died in office.

1946 Nov 5: Hubert C. Brooks, elected unopposed. William Buckles, elected; Joseph H. Quillen, defeated. John Lee West, elected unopposed. R. W. Smith, elected unopposed. Ed Giffin, elected; Robert Taylor Mann, defeated; Andrew Jackson Graves, defeated. Hugh Callaway, elected; James G. Crumbliss, defeated. J. P. Cartwright, elected; Hardwick Stuart, defeated. J. Clifford Curry, elected unopposed. Robert W. Kemmer, elected; Brownlow R. Wyatt, defeated. J. H. Reneau, Jr., elected unopposed. Roy Wiseman, elected unopposed. James H. Cummings, elected unopposed. Willard Hagan, elected unopposed. Aubrey L. West, elected unopposed. Austin Peay, Jr., elected unopposed. Carmack Cochran, elected unopposed. J. Olin White, elected unopposed. James L. Bomar, Jr. (Dem), elected unopposed. Hale Hawkins, elected unopposed. E. E. Loftin, elected unopposed. John S. Thomason, elected unopposed. Hayes Gordon, elected unopposed. W. H. Wiseman, elected unopposed. G. C. 'Buck' Crider, elected; W. W. Boaz, defeated. George O. Benton, elected unopposed. Wyly C. Lockhart, elected unopposed. Z. D. Atkins, elected unopposed. Charles B. Fields, elected unopposed. Clark P. Moss, elected unopposed. Blanchard Tual, elected unopposed. James Brister, elected unopposed. Perry Pipkin, elected unopposed. Harry U. Scruggs, elected unopposed.

1974 Nov 5: Marshall T. Nave (Rep), elected; Marion Palmer (Dem), defeated. Tom Garland (Rep), elected unopposed. Ben W. Hooper III (Rep), elected; John M. Rucker, Jr. (Dem), defeated. Ray R. Baird (Dem), elected; Paul D. Tindell (Rep), defeated. Martha Ashe (Rep), elected; Betty Cathey (Dem), defeated; Jack Comer (Ind), defeated.

1998 Oct 19: Tommy Burks, died in office.

1998 Nov 3: Charlotte Gentry Burks, elected; Byron Low Tax Looper (Rep), defeated.

1998: Denise Houston Joyner (Rep), defeated.

2000 Apr 12: Kenneth N. Springer, died in office.

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