Political party strength in Tennessee
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Template:Short description Tennessee's politics are currently dominated by the Republican Party.[1][2] Republicans currently hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats, a majority of Congressional seats, and the state legislature. Democratic strength is largely concentrated in Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga and parts of Knoxville, Clarksville, Murfreesboro and Jackson. Several rural Black Belt areas of West Tennessee and suburban areas of the Nashville/Murfreesboro, Chattanooga and Knoxville metropolitan areas also contain significant Democratic minorities. On the other hand, Republicans have a solid base of support in Cookeville and its suburbs, most exurban areas around Nashville except in Rutherford County and Franklin, most suburbs of Memphis, the Tri-Cities outside of Johnson City itself and most white-majority rural areas, regularly outperforming even their statewide results there.[3]
Table
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Tennessee:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
| Year | Executive office | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | ||
| 1790 | William Blount (DR)Template:Efn | Template:Data missing | Template:Data missing | James White (DR)Template:Efn | |||
| 1791 | |||||||
| 1792 | |||||||
| 1793 | |||||||
| 1794 | DR majority | Template:Data missing | |||||
| 1795 | Template:Data missing | ||||||
| 1796 | John Sevier (DR) | Template:Data missing | Template:Data missing | William Cocke (DR) | William Blount (DR)Template:Efn | Andrew Jackson (DR) | Thomas Jefferson/ Aaron Burr (DR) Red X |
| 1797 | Template:Data missing | ||||||
| Andrew Jackson (DR)Template:Efn | Joseph Anderson (DR) | William C. C. Claiborne (DR) | |||||
| 1798 | DR majority | Template:Data missing | |||||
| Daniel Smith (DR) | |||||||
| 1799 | Template:Data missing | DR majority | Joseph Anderson (DR) | William Cocke (DR) | |||
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson/ Aaron Burr (DR) Green tick | ||||||
| 1801 | Archibald Roane (DR) | Template:Data missing | DR majority | William Dickson (DR) | |||
| 1802 | |||||||
| 1803 | John Sevier (DR) | Template:Data missing | Template:Data missing | 3DR | |||
| 1804 | Thomas Jefferson/ George Clinton (DR) Green tick | ||||||
| 1805 | DR majority | DR majority | Daniel Smith (DR) | ||||
| 1806 | |||||||
| 1807 | DR majority | Template:Data missing | |||||
| 1808 | James Madison/ George Clinton (DR) Green tick | ||||||
| 1809 | Willie Blount (DR) | DR majority | F majority | ||||
| Jenkin Whiteside (DR) | |||||||
| 1810 | |||||||
| 1811 | DR majority | DR majority | |||||
| George W. Campbell (DR)Template:Efn | |||||||
| 1812 | James Madison/ Elbridge Gerry (DR) Green tick | ||||||
| 1813 | DR majority | DR majority | 6DR | ||||
| 1814 | Jesse Wharton (DR) | ||||||
| 1815 | Joseph McMinn (DR) | DR majority | DR majority | George W. Campbell (DR) | |||
| John Williams (DR) | |||||||
| 1816 | James Monroe/ Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) Green tick | ||||||
| 1817 | DR majority | DR majority | |||||
| 1818 | |||||||
| John Eaton (DR) | |||||||
| 1819 | DR majority | DR majority | |||||
| 1820 | |||||||
| 1821 | William Carroll (DR) | DR majority | DR majority | 5DR, 1 vac. | |||
| 1822 | |||||||
| 1823 | DR majority | DR majority | Andrew Jackson (DR)Template:Efn | 9DR | |||
| 1824 | Andrew Jackson Red X / John C. Calhoun Green tick (DR) | ||||||
| 1825 | NR majority | Template:Data missing | rowspan="6" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |John Eaton (J)Template:Efn | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Andrew Jackson (J) | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|9J | ||
| rowspan=12 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Hugh Lawson White (J) | |||||||
| 1826 | |||||||
| 1827 | Sam Houston (DR)Template:Efn | rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |J majority | Template:Data missing | rowspan="8" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |8J, 1NR | |||
| 1828 | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Andrew Jackson/ John C. Calhoun (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1829 | NR majority | ||||||
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|William Hall (D) | NR majority | rowspan="9" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |Felix Grundy (J)Template:Efn | |||||
| rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|William Carroll (D) | |||||||
| 1830 | |||||||
| 1831 | NR majority | rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |J majority | |||||
| 1832 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Andrew Jackson/ Martin Van Buren (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1833 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |J majority | rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |J majority | rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |12J, 1NR | ||||
| 1834 | |||||||
| 1835 | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Newton Cannon (W) | NR majority | style="background-color:Template:Party color" |J majority | Hugh Lawson White (NR) | 9NR, 4J | ||
| 1836 | NR majority | NR majority | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Hugh Lawson White/ John Tyler (W) Red X | ||||
| 1837 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Felix Grundy (D) | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Hugh Lawson White (W)Template:Efn | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|10W, 3D | ||||
| 1838 | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|18W, 7D | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|46W, 25D, 4? | vacant | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Ephraim H. Foster (W) | |||||||
| 1839 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|James K. Polk (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Felix Grundy (D)Template:Efn | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|7W, 6D | ||||
| 1840 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|14D, 11W | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|42D, 33W | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Alexander O. Anderson (D) | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|William Henry Harrison/ John Tyler (W) Green tick | |||
| 1841 | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|James C. Jones (W) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) | vacant | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|8W, 5D | |||
| 1842 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|13D, 12W | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|39W, 36D | |||||
| 1843 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Ephraim H. Foster (W) | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Spencer Jarnagin (W) | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|6D, 5W | ||||
| 1844 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|14W, 11D | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|40W, 35D | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Henry Clay/ Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) Red X | ||||
| 1845 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Aaron V. Brown (D) | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Hopkins L. Turney (D) | |||||
| 1846 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|13D, 12W | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|39D, 36W | |||||
| 1847 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Neill S. Brown (W) | rowspan=10 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |John Bell (W) | |||||
| 1848 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|13W, 12D | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|41W, 34D | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Zachary Taylor/ Millard Fillmore (W) Green tick | ||||
| 1849 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|William Trousdale (D) | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|7D, 4W | |||||
| 1850 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|14D, 11W | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|39D, 36W | |||||
| 1851 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|William B. Campbell (W) | rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|James C. Jones (W) | |||||
| 1852 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|16W, 9D | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|39W, 36D | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Winfield Scott/ William Alexander Graham (W) Red X | ||||
| 1853 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Andrew Johnson (D) | Template:Party shading/Tie|5D, 5W | |||||
| 1854 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|13D, 12KN | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|44W, 31D | rowspan=1 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|6W, 4D | ||||
| 1855 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tie|5D, 5KN | ||||||
| 1856 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Know-Nothing|14KN, 11D | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Know-Nothing|38KN, 37D | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|James Buchanan/ John C. Breckinridge (D) Green tick | ||||
| 1857 | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Isham G. Harris (D) | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Andrew Johnson (D) | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Know-Nothing|John Bell (KN) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|7D, 3KN | |||
| 1858 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|18D, 7KN | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|42D, 33KN | |||||
| 1859 | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) | 7O, 3D | |||||
| 1860 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|14D, 11O | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|41D, 34O | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Constitutional Union|John Bell/ Edward Everett (CU) Red X | ||||
| 1861 | style="background:Template:Party color" |3U, 7 vac. | ||||||
| 1862 | American Civil War | ||||||
| rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color"|Andrew Johnson (U/Military) |
American Civil War | ||||||
| 1863 | |||||||
| 1864 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/National Union|Abraham Lincoln/ Andrew Johnson (NU) Green tick | ||||||
| 1865 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Edward H. East (R)Template:Efn | ||||||
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Parson Brownlow (R) | |||||||
| 1866 | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|25R | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|79R, 4D | style="background:Template:Party color"|David T. Patterson (U) | style="background:Template:Party color"|Joseph S. Fowler (U) | style="background:Template:Party color"|8U | ||
| 1867 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|David T. Patterson (D) | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Joseph S. Fowler (R) | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|8R | ||||
| 1868 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|83R | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ulysses S. Grant/ Schuyler Colfax (R) Green tick | |||||
| 1869 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Dewitt Clinton Senter (R) | rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Parson Brownlow (R) | |||||
| 1870 | rowspan=1 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|20D, 5R | rowspan=1 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|66D, 17R | |||||
| 1871 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|John C. Brown (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|22D, 3R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|63D, 12R | rowspan=7 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Henry Cooper (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|6D, 2R | ||
| 1872 | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Thomas A. Hendricks/ B. Gratz Brown (D) Red X | ||||||
| 1873 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|18D, 7R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|49D, 26R | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|7R, 3D | ||||
| 1874 | |||||||
| 1875 | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|James D. Porter (D) | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|23D, 2R | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|70D, 5R | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Andrew Johnson (D)Template:Efn | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|9D, 1R | ||
| rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|David M. Key (D) | |||||||
| 1876 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Samuel J. Tilden/ Thomas A. Hendricks (D) Red X | ||||||
| 1877 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|20D, 5R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|59D, 16R | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|James E. Bailey (D) | rowspan=22 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Isham G. Harris (D)Template:Efn | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8D, 2R | ||
| 1878 | |||||||
| 1879 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Albert S. Marks (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|22D, 3R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|61D, 14R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|9D, 1R | |||
| 1880 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Winfield Scott Hancock and William Hayden English (D) Red X | ||||||
| 1881 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Alvin Hawkins (R) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|15D, 10R | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|37R, 37D, 1GBTemplate:Efn | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Howell E. Jackson (D)Template:Efn | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|7D, 3R | ||
| 1882 | |||||||
| 1883 | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|William B. Bate (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|27D, 6R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|71D, 28R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8D, 2R | |||
| 1884 | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Grover Cleveland/ Thomas A. Hendricks (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1885 | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|22D, 11R | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|81D, 18R | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|7D, 3R | ||||
| 1886 | |||||||
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Washington C. Whitthorne (D) | |||||||
| 1887 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Robert Love Taylor (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|21D, 12R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|63D, 36R | rowspan=20 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|William B. Bate (D)Template:Efn | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8D, 2R | ||
| 1888 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Grover Cleveland/ Allen G. Thurman (D) Red X | ||||||
| 1889 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|23D, 10R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|69D, 30R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|7D, 3R | ||||
| 1890 | |||||||
| 1891 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Farmer-Labor|John P. Buchanan (FA) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|25D, 8R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|79D, 20R | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8D, 2R | |||
| 1892 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Grover Cleveland/ Adlai Stevenson I (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1893 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Peter Turney (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|25D, 6R, 1Pop, 1I | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|68D, 26R, 5Pop | ||||
| 1894 | |||||||
| 1895 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|21D, 10R, 1Pop, 1U | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|60D, 32R, 7Pop | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|6D, 4R | ||||
| 1896 | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|William Jennings Bryan/ Arthur Sewall (D) Red X | ||||||
| 1897 | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Robert Love Taylor (D) | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|24D, 9R | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|63D, 32R, 4Pop | rowspan=27 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8D, 2R | |||
| rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Thomas B. Turley (D) | |||||||
| 1898 | |||||||
| 1899 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Benton McMillin (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|25D, 8R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|77D, 22R | ||||
| 1900 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|William Jennings Bryan/ Adlai Stevenson I (D) Red X | ||||||
| 1901 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|27D, 5R, 1ID | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|76D, 23R | rowspan=7 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Edward W. Carmack (D) | ||||
| 1902 | |||||||
| 1903 | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|James B. Frazier (D)Template:Efn | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28D, 5R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|83D, 16R | ||||
| 1904 | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Alton B. Parker/ Henry G. Davis (D) Red X | ||||||
| 1905 | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|80D, 19R | ||||||
| rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|John I. Cox (D) | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|James B. Frazier (D) | ||||||
| 1906 | |||||||
| 1907 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Malcolm R. Patterson (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|27D, 6R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|78D, 21R | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Robert Love Taylor (D)Template:Efn | |||
| 1908 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|William Jennings Bryan/ John W. Kern (D) Red X | ||||||
| 1909 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28D, 5R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|77D, 22R | |||||
| 1910 | |||||||
| 1911 | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ben W. Hooper (R) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|21D, 7R, 4RD, 1I | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|74D, 25R | rowspan=7 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Luke Lea (D) | |||
| 1912 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Newell Sanders (R) | rowspan=9 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Woodrow Wilson/ Thomas R. Marshall (D) Green tick | |||||
| 1913 | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|16D, 6R, 6RD, 5ID | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|52D, 27R, 20I | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|William R. Webb (D) | ||||
| rowspan=12 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|John K. Shields (D) | |||||||
| 1914 | |||||||
| 1915 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Thomas Clark Rye (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|26D, 7R | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|72D, 27R | ||||
| 1916 | |||||||
| 1917 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|27D, 6R | rowspan=38 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Kenneth McKellar (D) | |||||
| 1918 | |||||||
| 1919 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Albert H. Roberts (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|26D, 7R | |||||
| 1920 | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Warren G. Harding/ Calvin Coolidge (R) Green tick | ||||||
| 1921 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Alfred A. Taylor (R) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|24D, 9R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|66D, 32R, 1I | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tie|5D, 5R | |||
| 1922 | |||||||
| 1923 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Austin Peay (D)Template:Efn | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28D, 5R | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|76D, 23R | rowspan=11 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8D, 2R | |||
| 1924 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|John W. Davis/ Charles W. Bryan (D) Red X | ||||||
| 1925 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|29D, 4R | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Lawrence Tyson (D)Template:Efn | |||||
| 1926 | |||||||
| 1927 | rowspan=7 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Henry Hollis Horton (D)Template:Efn | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28D, 5R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|80D, 19R | ||||
| 1928 | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Herbert Hoover/ Charles Curtis (R) Green tick | ||||||
| 1929 | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|25D, 8R | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|72D, 27R | |||||
| rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|William E. Brock (D) | |||||||
| 1930 | |||||||
| 1931 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28D, 5R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|83D, 16R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Cordell Hull (D)Template:Efn | ||||
| 1932 | rowspan=9 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Franklin D. Roosevelt/ John Nance Garner (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1933 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Hill McAlister (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|29D, 4R | rowspan=7 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|81D, 18R | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Nathan L. Bachman (D)Template:Efn | rowspan=11 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|7D, 2R | ||
| 1934 | |||||||
| 1935 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28D, 5R | ||||||
| 1936 | |||||||
| 1937 | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Gordon Browning (D) | rowspan=7 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|29D, 4R | |||||
| rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|George L. Berry (D) | |||||||
| 1938 | |||||||
| 1939 | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Prentice Cooper (D) | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|83D, 16R | rowspan=10 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Tom Stewart (D) | ||||
| 1940 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Henry A. Wallace (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1941 | |||||||
| 1942 | |||||||
| 1943 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|30D, 3R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|78D, 20R, 1I | rowspan=10 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8D, 2R | ||||
| 1944 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Harry S. Truman (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1945 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Jim Nance McCord (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28D, 5R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|75D, 24R | ||||
| 1946 | |||||||
| 1947 | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|29D, 4R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|82D, 17R | |||||
| 1948 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Harry S. Truman/ Alben W. Barkley (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1949 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Gordon Browning (D) | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|80D, 19R | rowspan=14 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Estes Kefauver (D)Template:Efn | ||||
| 1950 | |||||||
| 1951 | |||||||
| 1952 | rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Dwight D. Eisenhower/ Richard Nixon (R) Green tick | ||||||
| 1953 | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Frank G. Clement (D) | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28D, 5R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|81D, 18R | rowspan=18 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Albert Gore Sr. (D) | rowspan=10 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|7D, 2R | ||
| 1954 | |||||||
| 1955 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|80D, 19R | ||||||
| 1956 | |||||||
| 1957 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|27D, 6R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|78D, 21R | |||||
| 1958 | |||||||
| 1959 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Buford Ellington (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28D, 5R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|82D, 17R | ||||
| 1960 | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Richard Nixon/ Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) Red X | ||||||
| 1961 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|27D, 6R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|81D, 18R | |||||
| 1962 | |||||||
| 1963 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Frank G. Clement (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|78D, 21R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Herbert S. Walters (D) | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|6D, 3R | |||
| 1964 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Lyndon B. Johnson/ Hubert Humphrey (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1965 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|25D, 8R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|74D, 25R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ross Bass (D) | ||||
| 1966 | |||||||
| 1967 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Buford Ellington (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|58D, 41R | rowspan=18 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Howard Baker (R) | rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5D, 4R | |||
| 1968 | rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Richard Nixon/ Spiro Agnew (R) Green tick | ||||||
| 1969 | rowspan=1 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|20D, 13R | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|49R, 49D, 1ITemplate:Efn | |||||
| 1970 | rowspan=1 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|21D, 12R | ||||||
| 1971 | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Winfield Dunn (R) | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|19D, 13R, 1A | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|56D, 43R | rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Bill Brock (R) | |||
| 1972 | |||||||
| 1973 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51D, 48R | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|5R, 3D | |||||
| 1974 | |||||||
| 1975 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ray Blanton (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|20D, 12R, 1I | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|63D, 35R, 1I | rowspan=8 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5D, 3R | |||
| 1976 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Jimmy Carter/ Walter Mondale (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1977 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|23D, 9R, 1I | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|66D, 32R, 1I | rowspan=18 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Jim Sasser (D) | ||||
| 1978 | |||||||
| 1979 | rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Lamar Alexander (R) | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|20D, 12R, 1I | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|60D, 38R, 1I | ||||
| 1980 | rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ronald Reagan/ George H. W. Bush (R) Green tick | ||||||
| 1981 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|58D, 39R, 2I | ||||||
| 1982 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|21D, 11R, 1I | ||||||
| 1983 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|60D, 38R, 1I | rowspan=12 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|6D, 3R | |||||
| 1984 | rowspan=1 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|22D, 11R | ||||||
| 1985 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|23D, 10R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|62D, 37R | rowspan=8 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Al Gore (D)Template:Efn | ||||
| 1986 | |||||||
| 1987 | rowspan=8 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ned McWherter (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|61D, 38R | |||||
| 1988 | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|George H. W. Bush/ Dan Quayle (R) Green tick | ||||||
| 1989 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|22D, 11R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|59D, 40R | |||||
| 1990 | |||||||
| 1991 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|20D, 13R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|55D, 44R | |||||
| 1992 | rowspan=8 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Bill Clinton/ Al Gore (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1993 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|19D, 14R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|64D, 35R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Harlan Mathews (D)Template:Efn | ||||
| 1994 | |||||||
| 1995 | rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Don Sundquist (R) | rowspan=1 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|18D, 15R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|59D, 40R | rowspan=12 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Bill Frist (R) | rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Fred Thompson (R)Template:Efn | rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|5R, 4D | |
| 1996 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|17R, 16DTemplate:Efn | ||||||
| 1997 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|18D, 15R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|61D, 38R | |||||
| 1998 | |||||||
| 1999 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|59D, 40R | ||||||
| 2000 | rowspan=11 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (R) Green tick | ||||||
| 2001 | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|18D, 15R | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|58D, 41R | |||||
| 2002 | |||||||
| 2003 | rowspan=12 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Phil Bredesen (D) | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|54D, 45R | rowspan=22 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Lamar Alexander (R) | rowspan=12 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5D, 4R | |||
| 2004 | |||||||
| 2005 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|17R, 16DTemplate:Efn | rowspan=7 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|53D, 46R | |||||
| 2006 | |||||||
| 2007 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|17R, 16D | rowspan=16 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Bob Corker (R) | |||||
| Template:Party shading/Coalition|16R, 16D, 1ITemplate:Efn | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|16R, 15D, 1I | |||||||
| rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Coalition|16R, 16D, 1I | |||||||
| 2008 | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|John McCain/ Sarah Palin (R) Red X | ||||||
| 2009 | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|19R, 14D | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|50R, 49D | |||||
| Template:Party shading/Coalition|49R, 49D, 1CCRTemplate:Efn | |||||||
| 2010 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|50R, 48D, 1I | ||||||
| 2011 | rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Bill Haslam (R) | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|20R, 13D | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|64R, 34D, 1I | rowspan=12 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |7R, 2D | |||
| 2012 | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Mitt Romney/ Paul Ryan (R) Red X | ||||||
| 2013 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|26R, 7D | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|71R, 27D, 1I | |||||
| 2014 | |||||||
| 2015 | rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|28R, 5D | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|73R, 26D | |||||
| 2016 | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R) Green tick | ||||||
| 2017 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|74R, 25D | ||||||
| 2018 | |||||||
| 2019 | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Republican/current |Bill Lee (R) | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |73R, 26D | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Republican/current |Marsha Blackburn (R) | ||||
| 2020 | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R) Red X | ||||||
| 2021 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Republican/current|27R, 6D | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Republican/current|Bill Hagerty (R) | |||||
| 2022 | |||||||
| 2023 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican/current |75R, 24D | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican/current |8R, 1D | |||||
| 2024 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Donald Trump/ JD Vance (R) Green tick | ||||||
| 2025 | |||||||
Political History of Tennessee
Pre-Civil War
In 1789, the new United States designated this area as the "Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio."[4] Even though Tennessee was not yet a state, some government was organized to administer the territory. William Blount was appointed as the first official governor of Tennessee, James White became the state's first representative in Congress, and Tennessee's political party history under European Americans was started. The majority party in Tennessee began as the Democratic-Republican party and operated until 1828. That year it was dissolved and the Democratic Party was formed.[5]
From 1828, control of Tennessee state government alternated initially between the Democratic Party and the on. Whig Party in opposition. It later became the Republican Party, shortly before the American Civil War began in 1861. While these two parties fought for the majority during these years, the Know-Nothing Party, Unionist Party, and Constitutional Party were also active in the state. Their representatives were elected to state government, but did not dominate it. The politics of Middle and Western Tennessee were dominated by planters and slaveholders, especially the major planters in the western Delta area of Memphis and environs near the Mississippi River. Overseeing a large population of enslaved African Americans, planters voted to secede at the time of the Civil War in order to protect slavery, which was profitable for them and the commodity crop of cotton. Eastern Tennessee, by contrast, had a population with higher representation of white yeomen and subsistence farmers and artisans. They supported the Union during the Civil War and resisted secession.
Civil War to WWII
From the Civil War until World War II, Tennessee was controlled by the Democratic Party, made up of conservative whites in the state, especially of the planter and former slaveholding class. Together with other white Democratic Southerners in Congress, they formed a voting block known as the Solid South. Based on the seniority rules of the time and their virtually unrestricted control of seats from Southern states by having disenfranchised most African American at the turn of the century, senior Congressmen and Senators from the South controlled chairmanships of important committees, strongly influencing national policy. During the Great Depression, they limited benefits for African Americans in the South.
World War II to present day
During the period from 1939 until about 1970, the conservative whites of the Democratic party in Tennessee largely controlled the state politically. A minority of Republican voters were dominant in the eastern part of the state, which had favored the Union during the Civil War. But the state had been more competitive between its two parties than others in the South, as more blacks had retained their ability to vote and supported the Republican Party into the early 20th century.[6]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
From 1928 through 2004, with the exception of 1960, Tennessee voted for the winner of the Electoral College in races for President of the United States. This made the Volunteer State one of the few Bellwether states in the traditional South.
In 1976, Tennessee voted for Democrat Jimmy Carter of neighboring Georgia, a "favorite son" of the South. Similarly, in 1992 and 1996, Tennessee voted for the Democratic ticket of Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Al Gore, a US senator from Tennessee, both sons of the South. But in 2000, Tennessee voted for Republican George W. Bush over Al Gore by single digit margins. Since 2000, Tennessee has become a Republican stronghold, voting increasingly Republican in all following elections.
See also
- Elections in Tennessee
- Politics in Tennessee
- United States presidential elections in Tennessee
- List of United States senators from Tennessee
- List of United States representatives from Tennessee
- Tennessee Senate
- Tennessee House of Representatives
References
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