Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio, a.k.a. Southwest Territory :
THE GOVERNORS OF TENNESSEE
Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio, a.k.a. Southwest Territory :
| William Blount, (Territorial Governor), | Democrat | 1790-1796 |
| John Sevier | Democratic-Republican | 1796-1801 |
| Archibald Roane | Democratic-Republican | 1801-1803 |
| John Sevier | Democratic-Republican | 1803-1809 |
| Willie Blount | Democratic-Republican | 1809-1815 |
| Joseph McMinn | Democratic-Republican, | 1815-1821 |
| William Carroll | Democratic-Republican, | 1821-1827 |
| Sam Houston | Democratic-Republican, | 1827-1829 |
| William Hall | Democrat | 1829-1829 |
| William Carroll | Democratic-Republican, | 1829-1835 |
| Newton Cannon | Whig | 1835-1839 |
| James Knox Polk | Democrat | 1839-1841 |
| James C. Jones | Whig | 1841-1845 |
| Aaron Venable Brown | Democrat | 1845-1847 |
| Neill Smith Brown | Whig | 1847-1849 |
| William Trousdale | Democrat | 1849-1851 |
| William Bowen Campbell | Whig | 1851-1853 |
| Andrew Johnson | Democrat, | 1853-1857 |
| Isham Green Harris | Democrat | 1857-1862 |
|
Andrew
Johnson Military Governor |
Democrat, | 1862-1865 |
| William Gannaway Brownlow | Whig-Republican | 1865-1869 |
| DeWitt Clinton Senter | Whig-Republican | 1869-1871 |
| John Calvin Brown | Whig-Democrat | 1871-1875 |
| James David Porter | Democrat | 1875-1879 |
| Albert Smith Marks | Democrat | 1879-1881 |
| Alvin Hawkins | Republican | 1881-1883 |
| William Brimmage Bate | Democrat | 1883-1887 |
| Robert Love Taylor | Democrat | 1887-1891 |
| John Price Buchanan | Democrat | 1891-1893 |
| Peter Turney | Democrat | 1893-1897 |
| Robert Love Taylor | Democrat | 1897-1899 |
| Benton McMillin | Democrat | 1899-1903 |
| James B. Frazier | Democrat | 1903-1905 |
| John I. Cox | Democrat | 1905-1907 |
| Malcolm Rice Patterson | Democrat | 1907-1911 |
| Ben W. Hooper | Republican | 1911-1915 |
| Thomas C. Rye | Democrat | 1915-1919 |
| Albert H. Roberts | Democrat | 1919-1921 |
| Alfred A. Taylor | Republican | 1921-1923 |
| Austin Peay | Democrat | 1923-1927 |
| Henry H. Horton | Democrat | 1927-1933 |
| Hill McAlistar | Democrat | 1933-1937 |
| Gordon W. Browning | Democrat | 1937-1939 |
| Prentice Cooper | Democrat | 1939-1945 |
| Jim Nance McCord | Democrat | 1945-1949 |
| Gordon W. Browning | Democrat | 1949-1953 |
| Frank G. Clement | Democrat | 1953-1959 |
| Buford Ellington | Democrat | 1959-1963 |
| Frank G. Clement | Democrat | 1963-1967 |
| Buford Ellington | Democrat | 1967-1971 |
| Winfield C. Dunn | Republican | 1971-1975 |
| Leonard Ray Blanton | Democrat | 1975-1979 |
| Lamar Alexander | Republican | 1979-1987 |
| Ned Ray McWherter | Democrat | 1987-1995 |
| Don Sundquist | Republican | 1995-2002 |
| Phil Bredesen | Democrat | 2002 -present |
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