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 History and Government—Congressional Biographies

Members of Congress: Tennessee

Biographies of every U.S. representative and senator from Tennessee



Member NameBirth-Death
ALEXANDER, Adam Rankin1781-1848
ALEXANDER, Lamar1940- 
ALLEN, Clifford Robertson1912-1978
ALLEN, Robert1778-1844
ANDERSON, Alexander Outlaw1794-1869
ANDERSON, Joseph1757-1837
ANDERSON, Josiah McNair1807-1861
ANDERSON, William Coleman1853-1902
ANDERSON, William Robert1921- 
ARNELL, Samuel Mayes1833-1903
ARNOLD, Thomas Dickens1798-1870
ASHE, John Baptista1810-1857
ATKINS, John DeWitt Clinton1825-1908
ATKINSON, Richard Merrill1894-1947
AUSTIN, Richard Wilson1857-1919
AVERY, William Tecumsah1819-1880
BACHMAN, Nathan Lynn1878-1937
BAILEY, James Edmund1822-1885
BAKER, Howard Henry1902-1964
BAKER, Howard Henry, Jr.1925- 
BAKER, Irene Bailey1901-1994
BAKER, LaMar1915-2003
BALLENTINE, John Goff1825-1915
BARROW, Washington1807-1866
BASS, Ross1918-1993
BATE, William Brimage1826-1905
BEARD, Robin Leo, Jr.1939- 
BELL, John1797-1869
BERRY, George Leonard1882-1948
BLACKBURN, Marsha1952- 
BLACKWELL, Julius W.1797c- 
BLAIR, John1790-1863
BLANTON, Leonard Ray1930-1996
BLOUNT, William1749-1800
BLOUNT, William Grainger1784-1827
BONER, William Hill1945- 
BOUQUARD, Marilyn Lloyd1929- 
BOWEN, John Henry1780-1822
BRABSON, Reese Bowen1817-1863
BRIDGES, George Washington1825-1873
BRIGHT, John Morgan1817-1911
BROCK, William Emerson1872-1950
BROCK, William Emerson, III1930- 
BROWN, Aaron Venable1795-1859
BROWN, Foster Vincent1852-1937
BROWN, Joseph Edgar1880-1939
BROWN, Milton1804-1883
BROWNING, Gordon Weaver1889-1976
BROWNLOW, Walter Preston1851-1910
BROWNLOW, William Gannaway1805-1877
BRYAN, Henry Hunter1786-1835
BRYANT, Ed1948- 
BUGG, Robert Malone1805-1887
BUNCH, Samuel1786-1849
BUTLER, Mounce Gore1849-1917
BUTLER, Roderick Randum1827-1902
BYRNS, Joseph Wellington1869-1936
BYRNS, Joseph Wellington, Jr.1903-1973
CALDWELL, Andrew Jackson1837-1906
CALDWELL, Robert Porter1821-1885
CALDWELL, William Parker1832-1903
CAMPBELL, Brookins1808-1853
CAMPBELL, George Washington1769-1848
CAMPBELL, Thomas Jefferson1786-1850
CAMPBELL, William Bowen1807-1867
CANNON, Newton1781-1841
CARMACK, Edward Ward1858-1908
CARTER, William Blount1792-1848
CARUTHERS, Robert Looney1800-1882
CHANDLER, Walter (Clift)1887-1967
CHASE, Lucien Bonaparte1817-1864
CHEATHAM, Richard1799-1845
CHURCHWELL, William Montgomery1826-1862
CLAIBORNE, Thomas1780-1856
CLAIBORNE, William Charles Cole1775-1817
CLEMENT, Robert Nelson1943- 
CLEMENTS, Andrew Jackson1832-1913
CLOUSE, Wynne F.1883-1944
COCKE, John1772-1854
COCKE, William1748-1828
COCKE, William Michael1815-1896
COHEN, Stephen1949- 
COOPER, Edmund1821-1911
COOPER, Henry1827-1884
COOPER, James Hayes Shofner1954- 
COOPER, Jere1893-1957
CORKER, Robert (Bob)1952- 
COURTNEY, William Wirt1889-1961
COX, Nicholas Nichols1837-1912
CROCKETT, David1786-1836
CROCKETT, John Wesley1807-1852
CROZIER, John Hervey1812-1889
CRUMP, Edward Hull1874-1954
CRUTCHFIELD, William1824-1890
CULLOM, Alvan1797-1877
CULLOM, William1810-1896
DAVIS, Clifford1897-1970
DAVIS, David1959- 
DAVIS, Ewin Lamar1876-1949
DAVIS, Lincoln1943- 
DESHA, Robert1791-1849
DIBRELL, George Gibbs1822-1888
DICKINSON, David W.1808-1845
DICKSON, William1770-1816
DUNCAN, John J., Jr.1947- 
DUNCAN, John James1919-1988
DUNLAP, William Claiborne1798-1872
EARTHMAN, Harold Henderson1900-1987
EATON, John Henry1790-1856
ENLOE, Benjamin Augustine1848-1922
ESLICK, Edward Everett1872-1932
ESLICK, Willa McCord Blake1878-1961
ETHERIDGE, Emerson1819-1902
EVANS, Henry Clay1843-1921
EVERETT, Robert Ashton1915-1969
EVINS, Joseph Landon1910-1984
EWING, Andrew1813-1864
EWING, Edwin Hickman1809-1902
FISHER, Hubert Frederick1877-1941
FITE, Samuel McClary1816-1875
FITZGERALD, William1799-1864
FITZPATRICK, Morgan Cassius1868-1908
FORD, Harold Eugene1945- 
FORD, Harold, Jr.1970- 
FORESTER, John B. -1845
FOSTER, Ephraim Hubbard1794-1854
FOWLER, Joseph Smith1820-1902
FRAZIER, James Beriah1856-1937
FRAZIER, James Beriah, Jr.1890-1978
FRIST, William H.1952- 
FULTON, Richard Harmon1927- 
GAINES, John Wesley1860-1926
GARRETT, Abraham Ellison1830-1907
GARRETT, Finis James1875-1956
GENTRY, Meredith Poindexter1809-1866
GIBSON, Henry Richard1837-1938
GLASS, Presley Thornton1824-1902
GOLLADAY, Edward Isaac1830-1897
GORDON, Barton Jennings1949- 
GORDON, George Washington1836-1911
GORE, Albert Arnold1907-1998
GORE, Albert Arnold, Jr.1948- 
GRIDER, George William1912-1991
GRUNDY, Felix1777-1840
HALE, Nathan Wesley1860-1941
HALL, William1775-1856
HARRIS, Isham Green1818-1897
HARRIS, Thomas K. -1816
HARRISON, Horace Harrison1829-1885
HASKELL, William T.1818-1859
HATTON, Robert Hopkins1826-1862
HAWKINS, Isaac Roberts1818-1880
HENDERSON, Bennett H.1784- 
HILL, Hugh Lawson White1810-1892
HILLEARY, Van1959- 
HOGG, Samuel1783-1842
HOUK, John Chiles1860-1923
HOUK, Leonidas Campbell1836-1891
HOUSE, John Ford1827-1904
HOUSTON, Samuel1793-1863
HOUSTON, William Cannon1852-1931
HULL, Cordell1871-1955
HUMPHREYS, Parry Wayne1778-1839
HUNTSMAN, Adam1786-1849
INGE, William Marshall1802-1846
ISACKS, Jacob C. - 
JACKSON, Andrew1767-1845
JACKSON, Howell Edmunds1832-1895
JARNAGIN, Spencer1792-1853
JENKINS, William Lewis1936- 
JENNINGS, John, Jr.1880-1956
JOHNSON, Andrew1808-1875
JOHNSON, Cave1793-1866
JONES, Ed1912-1999
JONES, Francis - 
JONES, George Washington1806-1884
JONES, James Chamberlain1809-1859
KEFAUVER, Carey Estes1903-1963
KEY, David McKendree1824-1900
KUYKENDALL, Dan Heflin1924- 
LEA, Luke1783-1851
LEA, Luke1879-1945
LEA, Pryor1794-1879
LEFTWICH, John William1826-1870
LEWIS, Barbour1818-1893
LLOYD, Marilyn Laird1929- 
LOSER, Joseph Carlton1892-1984
LOVETTE, Oscar Byrd1871-1934
MARABLE, John Hartwell1786-1844
MARR, George Washington Lent1779-1856
MARTIN, Barclay1802-1890
MASSEY, Zachary David1864-1923
MATHEWS, Harlan1927- 
MAURY, Abram Poindexter1801-1848
MAYNARD, Horace1814-1882
McCALL, John Ethridge1859-1920
McCLELLAN, Abraham1789-1866
McCORD, Jim Nance1879-1968
McDEARMON, James Calvin1844-1902
McFARLAND, William1821-1900
McKELLAR, Kenneth Douglas1869-1957
McMILLIN, Benton1845-1933
McREYNOLDS, Samuel Davis1872-1939
MILLER, Pleasant Moorman -1849
MITCHELL, James Coffield1786-1843
MITCHELL, John Ridley1877-1962
MOON, John Austin1855-1921
MOORE, William Robert1830-1909
MULLINS, James1807-1873
MURRAY, Thomas Jefferson1894-1971
NEAL, John Randolph1836-1889
NELSON, Thomas Amos Rogers1812-1873
NICHOLSON, Alfred Osborn Pope1808-1876
NUNN, David Alexander1833-1918
PADGETT, Lemuel Phillips1855-1922
PATTERSON, David Trotter1818-1891
PATTERSON, Josiah1837-1904
PATTERSON, Malcolm Rice1861-1935
PEARSON, Herron Carney1890-1953
PETTIBONE, Augustus Herman1835-1918
PEYTON, Balie1803-1878
PEYTON, Joseph Hopkins1808-1845
PHELAN, James1856-1891
PHILLIPS, Dayton Edward1910-1980
PIERCE, Rice Alexander1848-1936
POLK, James Knox1795-1849
POLK, William Hawkins1815-1862
POWELL, Samuel1776-1841
PRIEST, James Percy1900-1956
PROSSER, William Farrand1834-1911
QUARLES, James Minor1823-1901
QUILLEN, James Henry1916-2003
RANDOLPH, James Henry1825-1900
READY, Charles1802-1878
REECE, Brazilla Carroll1889-1961
REECE, Louise Goff1898-1970
REYNOLDS, James B.1779-1851
RHEA, John1753-1832
RICHARDSON, James Daniel1843-1914
RIDDLE, Haywood Yancey1834-1879
RIVERS, Thomas1819-1863
SALMON, William Charles1868-1925
SANDERS, Newell1850-1939
SANDFORD, James T. - 
SASSER, James Ralph1936- 
SAVAGE, John Houston1815-1904
SCOTT, Lon Allen1888-1931
SELLS, Sam Riley1871-1935
SENTER, William Tandy1801-1848
SEVIER, John1745-1815
SHIELDS, Ebenezer J.1778-1846
SHIELDS, John Knight1858-1934
SIMONTON, Charles Bryson1838-1911
SIMS, Thetus Willrette1852-1939
SMITH, Daniel1748-1818
SMITH, Samuel Axley1822-1863
SMITH, William Jay1823-1913
SNEED, William Henry1812-1869
SNODGRASS, Charles Edward1866-1936
SNODGRASS, Henry Clay1848-1931
STANDIFER, James Israel1782-1837
STANTON, Frederick Perry1814-1894
STEWART, Arthur Thomas1892-1972
STOKES, William Brickly1814-1897
STONE, William1791-1853
SUNDQUIST, Donald Kenneth1936- 
SUTTON, James Patrick1915-2005
TANNER, John S.1944- 
TAYLOR, Alfred Alexander1848-1931
TAYLOR, James Willis1880-1939
TAYLOR, John May1838-1911
TAYLOR, Nathaniel Green1819-1887
TAYLOR, Robert Love1850-1912
TAYLOR, Zachary1849-1921
THOMAS, Isaac1784-1859
THOMAS, James Houston1808-1876
THOMPSON, Fred Dalton1942- 
THORNBURGH, Jacob Montgomery1837-1890
TILLMAN, Lewis1816-1886
TRIMBLE, John1812-1884
TURLEY, Thomas Battle1845-1910
TURNER, Clarence Wyly1866-1939
TURNEY, Hopkins Lacy1797-1857
TYSON, Lawrence Davis1861-1929
VAUGHAN, William Wirt1831-1878
WALTERS, Herbert Sanford1891-1973
WAMP, Zachary Paul1957- 
WARNER, Richard1835-1915
WASHINGTON, Joseph Edwin1851-1915
WATKINS, Albert Galiton1818-1895
WATTERSON, Harvey Magee1811-1891
WEAKLEY, Robert1764-1845
WEBB, William Robert1842-1926
WHARTON, Jesse1782-1833
WHITE, Hugh Lawson1773-1840
WHITE, James1749-1809
WHITESIDE, Jenkin1772-1822
WHITTHORNE, Washington Curran1825-1891
WILLIAMS, Christopher Harris1798-1857
WILLIAMS, John1778-1837
WILLIAMS, Joseph Lanier1810-1865
WRIGHT, John Vines1828-1908
YOUNG, Hiram Casey1828-1899
ZOLLICOFFER, Felix Kirk1812-1862

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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