| Governors of the State of Tennessee |
| Name |
| Term |
| Party |
| Life |
| John Sevier |
| 1796-1801 |
| Democratic-Republican |
| 1745-1815 |
| Archibald Roane |
| 1801-1803 |
| Democratic-Republican |
| 1760-1819 |
| John Sevier |
| 1803-1809 |
| Democratic-Republican |
| 1745-1815 |
| Willie Blount |
| 1809-1815 |
| Democratic-Republican |
| 1768-1835 |
| Joseph McMinn |
| 1815-1821 |
| Democratic-Republican |
| 1758-1854 |
| William Carroll |
| 1821-1827 |
| Democratic-Republican |
| 1788-1844 |
| Samuel Houston |
| 1827-1829 |
| Democratic-Republican |
| 1793-1863 |
| William Hall |
| 1829 |
| Democrat |
| 1775-1856 |
| William Carroll |
| 1829-1835 |
| Democrat |
| 1788-1844 |
| Newton Cannon |
| 1835-1839 |
| Democrat |
| 1781-1841 |
| James K. Polk |
| 1839-1841 |
| Democrat |
| 1795-1849 |
| James C. Jones |
| 1841-1845 |
| Whig |
| 1809-1859 |
| Aaron V. Brown |
| 1845-1847 |
| Democrat |
| 1795-1859 |
| Neill S. Brown |
| 1847-1849 |
| Whig |
| 1810-1886 |
| William Trousdale |
| 1849-1851 |
| Democrat |
| 1790-1872 |
| William B. Campbell |
| 1851-1853 |
| Whig |
| 1807-1867 |
| Andrew Johnson |
| 1853-1857 |
| Democrat |
| 1808-1875 |
| Isham G. Harris |
| 1857-1862 |
| Democrat |
| 1818-1897 |
| Andrew Johnson |
| 1862-1865 |
| Democrat/Military |
| 1808-1875 |
| E. H. East |
| 1865 |
| Republican |
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| William G. Brownlow |
| 1865-1869 |
| Whig |
| 1805-1877 |
| Dewitt Clinton Senter |
| 1869-1871 |
| Democrat |
| 1830-1898 |
| John C. Brown |
| 1871-1875 |
| Democrat |
| 1827-1889 |
| James D. Porter, Jr |
| 1875-1879 |
| Democrat |
| 1828-1912 |
| Albert S. Marks |
| 1879-1881 |
| Democrat |
| 1836-1891 |
| Alvin Hawkins |
| 1881-1883 |
| Republican |
| 1821-1905 |
| William B. Bate |
| 1883-1887 |
| Democrat |
| 1826-1905 |
| Robert Love Taylor |
| 1887-1891 |
| Democrat |
| 1850-1912 |
| John P. Buchanan |
| 1891-1893 |
| Democrat |
| 1847-1930 |
| Peter Turney |
| 1893-1897 |
| Democrat |
| 1827-1903 |
| Robert Love Taylor |
| 1897-1899 |
| Democrat |
| 1850-1912 |
| Benton McMillin |
| 1899-1903 |
| Democrat |
| 1845-1933 |
| James B. Frazier |
| 1903-1905 |
| Democrat |
| 1856-1937 |
| John I. Cox |
| 1905-1907 |
| Democrat |
| 1855-1946 |
| Malcolm R. Patterson |
| 1907-1911 |
| Democrat |
| 1861-1935 |
| Ben W. Hooper |
| 1911-1915 |
| Republican |
| 1870-1957 |
| Tom C. Rye |
| 1915-1919 |
| Democrat |
| 1863-1953 |
| A. H. Roberts |
| 1919-1921 |
| Democrat |
| 1868-1946 |
| Alfred A. Taylor |
| 1921-1923 |
| Republican |
| 1848-1931 |
| Austin Peay IV |
| 1923-1927 |
| Democrat |
| 1876-1927 |
| Henry Hollis Horton |
| 1927-1933 |
| Democrat |
| 1866-1934 |
| Harry Hill McAlister |
| 1933-1937 |
| Democrat |
| 1875-1959 |
| Gordon Browning |
| 1937-1939 |
| Democrat |
| 1889-1976 |
| Prentice Cooper |
| 1939-1945 |
| Democrat |
| 1895-1969 |
| Jim Nance McCord |
| 1945-1949 |
| Democrat |
| 1879-1968 |
| Gordon Browning |
| 1949-1953 |
| Democrat |
| 1889-1976 |
| Frank G. Clement |
| 1953-1959 |
| Democrat |
| 1920-1969 |
| Buford Ellington |
| 1959-1963 |
| Democrat |
| 1907-1972 |
| Frank G. Clement |
| 1963-1967 |
| Democrat |
| 1920-1969 |
| Buford Ellington |
| 1967-1971 |
| Democrat |
| 1907-1972 |
| Winfield Dunn |
| 1971-1975 |
| Republican |
| b.1927 |
| Ray Blanton |
| 1975-1979 |
| Democrat |
| 1930-1996 |
| Lamar Alexander |
| 1979-1987 |
| Republican |
| b.1940 |
| Ned McWherter |
| 1987-1995 |
| Democrat |
| b.1930 |
| Donald K. Sundquist |
| 1995-2003 |
| Republican |
| b.1936 |
| Phil Bredesen |
| 2003-present |
| Democrat |
| b.1943 |