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List of governors of Tennessee

List of governors of Tennessee

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The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Tennessee has had 50 governors, including the incumbent, Bill Lee.[1] Seven governors (John Sevier, William Carroll, Andrew Johnson, Robert Love Taylor, Gordon Browning, Frank G. Clement, and Buford Ellington) have served non-consecutive terms. This tally does not include William Blount (the territorial governor) or Robert L. Caruthers (who never took office), though the Blue Book includes them in its list of governors.[2] All governors are counted only once, regardless of number of terms served (e.g., John Sevier is considered the 1st governor, rather than the 1st and 3rd governor). The Blue Book does not include Edward H. East in its list of governors.

List of governors

Southwest Territory

The Territory South of the Ohio River, commonly known as the Southwest Territory, was organized on May 26, 1790.[3]

Throughout its 6-year history, Southwest Territory had only one governor appointed by the federal government, William Blount.

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State of Tennessee

Southwest Territory was admitted to the Union as Tennessee on June 1, 1796.[7]

The first constitution of Tennessee, enacted in 1796, set a term of two years for the governor and provided that no person could serve as governor for more than 6 years in any 8-year period.[8] The term of office was lengthened to four years, without the possibility of consecutive terms, by constitutional amendments adopted in 1953.[9] Under the current provisions of the state constitution, as amended in 1978, the governor is elected to a four-year term and may serve no more than two terms consecutively.[9][10]

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Notes

  1. The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor's successor was confirmed, unless noted.
  2. Blount was nominated on June 7, 1790;[5] confirmed by the Senate on June 8;[5] and took the oath of office on September 20.[4] He was reconfirmed by the Senate on December 11, 1794.[6]
  3. Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  4. Under the 1796 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve more than six years in any term of eight.[14]
  5. Houston resigned with no specific reasoning, but it was during the collapse of his marriage.[26]
  6. Carroll is labeled a Jackson Democrat by Kallenbach,[15] and a Democratic-Republican by Glashan.[32]
  7. Dubin[36] and Kallenbach[37] label Cannon's party affiliation in 1835 as Anti-Van Buren Democratic.
  8. Johnson was instead elected to the United States Senate.[56]
  9. Harris fled Nashville for Memphis after the Battle of Fort Donelson in February 1862, and was later driven from the state by Union forces as he worked with the Confederate army.[59] Johnson was appointed military governor of Tennessee on March 12, 1862, by the Union forces occupying Middle and East Tennessee.[56] Meanwhile, the Confederate-held portions of West Tennessee held an election in August 1863, in which Harris would have been term-limited, and elected Robert L. Caruthers governor. However, as the legislature was unable to convene, Caruthers was never able to take office.[15][62]
  10. Johnson was appointed military governor on March 4;[63] he arrived in Nashville on March 12.[64]
  11. Johnson resigned, having been elected Vice President of the United States.[56][15]
  12. Brownlow resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[66]
  13. Frazier resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[100]
  14. Patterson received the Democratic nomination, but withdrew after a schism in the party.[109]
  15. Under the 1870 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve more than six years in any term of eight.[137]
  16. Under a 1953 amendment to the constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.[145]
  17. Represented the Democratic Party
  18. Under a 1978 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible for election to more than two consecutive terms.[159]
  19. Represented the Republican Party
  20. Lee's second term began on January 21, 2023, and will expire January 16, 2027; he will be term-limited

References

General
  • "Former Tennessee Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  • Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. IV. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  • McMullin, Thomas A. (1984). Biographical directory of American territorial governors. Westport, CT : Meckler. ISBN 978-0-930466-11-4. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  • Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  • Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5646-8.
  • Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 978-0-930466-17-6.
  • "Our Campaigns - Governor of Tennessee - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  • "Our Campaigns - Governor of Tennessee (CSA) - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
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