List of United States Senators from Tennessee

This page displays current and historical information pertaining to the U.S. Senate delegation from Tennessee.

Current members

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Tennessee are:

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office	Date term ends
U.S. Senate Tennessee	Marsha Blackburn	Republican	January 3, 2019	January 3, 2025
U.S. Senate Tennessee	Bill Hagerty	Republican	January 3, 2021	January 3, 2027

Election history

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For more information on the different classes of U.S. Senators, please see: Classes of United States Senators

Class I

Senators in Class I were elected to office in the November 2018 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class I terms run from the beginning of the 116th Congress on January 3, 2019, to the end of the 118th Congress on January 3, 2025.

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Incumbent Marsha Blackburn, Gloria Johnson, Tharon Chandler, Pamela Moses, and Hastina Robinson are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Tennessee on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Marsha Blackburn (R)
		Gloria Johnson (D)
		Tharon Chandler (Independent)
		Pamela Moses (Independent)
		Hastina Robinson (Independent)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Wisdom Zerit Teklay (Wisdom People Party)
• Marshal Weaver (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Gloria Johnson defeated Marquita Bradshaw, Lola Denise Brown, and Civil Miller-Watkins in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson	70.2	143,904
		Marquita Bradshaw	21.8	44,635
		Lola Denise Brown	4.9	10,025
		Civil Miller-Watkins	3.1	6,420

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 204,984
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kevin Lee McCants (D)
• Dylan Fain (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Incumbent Marsha Blackburn defeated Tres Wittum in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marsha Blackburn	89.5	367,711
		Tres Wittum	10.5	43,238

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 410,949
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General election

General election for U.S. Senate Tennessee

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Tennessee on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marsha Blackburn (R)	54.7	1,227,483
		Phil Bredesen (D)	43.9	985,450
		Trudy Austin (Independent)	0.4	9,455
		Dean Hill (Independent)	0.4	8,717
		Kris Todd (Independent)	0.2	5,084
		John Carico (Independent)	0.2	3,398
		Breton Phillips (Independent)	0.1	2,226
		Kevin Lee McCants (Independent)	0.1	1,927

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,243,740
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2012

Corker won the election. Corker was seeking re-election in 2012. He defeated Brenda Lenard, Mark Twain Clemens, Fred Anderson, and Zach Poskevich in the August 2, 2012, Republican primary. He faced Mark Clayton (D), Shaun Crowell (L), David Gatchell (I), James Higdon (I), Michel Long (I) and Troy Scoggin (I) in the general election on November 6, 2012..

U.S. Senate, Tennessee General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bob Corker Incumbent	64.9%	1,506,443
	Democratic	Mark E. Clayton	30.4%	705,882
	Constitution	Kermit Steck	0.8%	18,620
	Green	Martin Pleasant	1.7%	38,472
	Libertarian	Shaun E. Crowell	0.9%	20,936
	Independent	David Gatchell	0.3%	6,523
	Independent	Michael Joseph Long	0.3%	8,085
	Independent	Troy Stephen Scoggin	0.3%	8,080
Total Votes				2,320,189
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2006

On November 7, 2006, Corker won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Harold E. Ford, Jr., Ed Choate, David Gatchell, Emory “Bo” Heyward, Gary Keplinger, Christopher Joseph Lugo, James Anthony Gray, Gloria D. Reagon Price and Mary Taylor Shelby in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Tennessee General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bob Corker	50.7%	929,911
	Democratic	Harold E. Ford, Jr.	48%	879,976
	Independent	Ed Choate	0.6%	10,831
	Independent	David Gatchell	0.2%	3,746
	Independent	Emory “Bo” Heyward	0.2%	3,580
	Independent	Gary Keplinger	0.2%	3,033
	Independent	Christopher Joseph Lugo	0.1%	2,589
	Independent	James Anthony Gray	0%	14
	Independent	Gloria D. Reagon Price	0%	13
	Independent	Mary Taylor Shelby	0%	1
	Independent		0%	1
Total Votes				1,833,695

2000

On November 7, 2000, Frist was elected to the United States Senate. He defeated Jeff Clark in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Tennessee General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Frist	65.1%	1,255,444
	Democratic	Jeff Clark	32.2%	621,152
	Independent	Charles Johnson	0.5%	10,004
	Independent	Robert Watson	0.4%	8,416
	Independent	David Jarrod Ownby	0.2%	4,388
	Independent	Joel Kinstle	0.2%	3,135
	Green	Tom Burrell	1.3%	25,815
	K.A.	Write-In	0%	259
Total Votes				1,928,613

Class II

Senators in Class II were elected to office in the November 2020 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class II terms run from the beginning of the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021, to the end of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2027.

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Tennessee

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Tennessee on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Hagerty (R)	62.2	1,840,926
		Marquita Bradshaw (D)	35.2	1,040,691
		Elizabeth McLeod (Independent)	0.6	16,652
		Yomi Faparusi (Independent)	0.4	10,727
		Steven Hooper (Independent)	0.3	9,609
		Kacey Morgan (Independent) (Unofficially withdrew)	0.3	9,598
		Ronnie Henley (Independent)	0.3	8,478
		Aaron James (Independent)	0.2	7,203
		Eric William Stansberry (Independent)	0.2	6,781
		Dean Hill (Independent)	0.2	4,872
		Jeffrey Grunau (Independent)	0.1	4,160
		John Gentry (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	64

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tom Kovach (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Marquita Bradshaw defeated Robin Kimbrough Hayes, James Mackler, Gary Davis, and Mark Pickrell in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marquita Bradshaw	35.5	117,962
		Robin Kimbrough Hayes	26.6	88,492
		James Mackler	23.8	78,966
		Gary Davis	9.3	30,758
		Mark Pickrell	4.8	16,045

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 332,223
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Diana Onyejiaka (D)
• Tharon Chandler (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Hagerty	50.8	331,267
		Manny Sethi	39.4	257,223
		George Flinn Jr.	3.4	22,454
		Jon Henry	1.2	8,104
		Natisha Brooks	1.2	8,072
		Byron Bush	0.8	5,420
		Clifford Adkins	0.8	5,316
		Terry Dicus	0.3	2,279
		Tom Emerson Jr.	0.3	2,252
		David Schuster	0.3	2,045
		John Osborne	0.3	1,877
		Roy Cope	0.3	1,791
		Kent Morrell	0.3	1,769
		Aaron Pettigrew	0.2	1,622
		Glen Neal	0.2	1,233

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 652,724
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Geoffrey Stokes Nielson (R)
• Garrett Nichols (R)
• Johnny Presley (R)
• Larry Crim (R)
• Jim Elkins (R)
• Josh Gapp (R)
• Clyde Benson (R)

2014

On November 4, 2014, Lamar Alexander (R) won re-election to the U.S. Senate. He defeated Gordon Ball (D) and 10 minor-party candidates in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Tennessee General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Alexander Incumbent	61.9%	850,087
	Democratic	Gordon Ball	31.9%	437,848
	Independent	Ed Gauthier	0.2%	2,314
	Independent	Bartholomew Phillips	0.2%	2,386
	Independent	C. Salekin	0.1%	787
	Independent	Danny Page	0.6%	7,713
	Independent	Eric Schechter	0.1%	1,673
	Constitution	Joe Wilmoth	2.6%	36,088
	Independent	Joshua James	0.4%	5,678
	Independent	Rick Tyler	0.4%	5,759
	Tea Party	Tom Emerson, Jr.	0.8%	11,157
	Green	Martin Pleasant	0.9%	12,570
	Write-in	Erin Kent Magee	0%	5
Total Votes				1,374,065
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

2008

On November 4, 2008, Alexander won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Robert D. Tuke, Edward L. Buck, Christopher G. Fenner, Daniel Towers Lewis, Chris Lugo, Ed Lawhorn and David Gatchell in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Tennessee General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Alexander Incumbent	65.1%	1,579,477
	Democratic	Robert D. Tuke	31.6%	767,236
	Independent	Edward L. Buck	1.3%	31,631
	Independent	Christopher G. Fenner	0.5%	11,073
	Independent	Daniel Towers Lewis	0.4%	9,367
	Independent	Chris Lugo	0.4%	9,170
	Independent	Ed Lawhorn	0.4%	8,986
	Independent	David Gatchell	0.3%	7,645
Total Votes				2,424,585

2002

On November 5, 2002, Lamar Alexander won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Bob Clement (D), John Jay Hooker (I), Wesley Baker (I), Connie Gammon (I), Karl Stanley Davidson (I), Basil Marceaux (I) and H. Gary Keplinger (I) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Tennessee General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Alexander	54.3%	891,498
	Democratic	Bob Clement	44.3%	728,232
	Independent	John Jay Hooker	0.4%	6,401
	Independent	Wesley Baker	0.4%	6,106
	Independent	Connie Gammon	0.3%	5,349
	Independent	Karl Stanley Davidson	0.1%	2,217
	Independent	Basil Marceaux	0.1%	1,170
	Independent	H. Gary Keplinger	0.1%	1,103
	K.A.	Write-In	0%	356
Total Votes				1,642,432

Historical members

Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Tennessee
Party	Total
Democratic	37
Republican	11
Whig	6
Democratic-Republican; Democratic; Whig	1
Democratic-Republican	12
Democratic-Republican; Jacksonian	2

Class 1 Senators from Tennessee
Senator	Years Served	Party
William Cocke	1796-1797	Democratic-Republican
Andrew Jackson	1797-1798	Democratic-Republican; Jacksonian
Daniel Smith	1798-1799	Democratic-Republican
Joseph Anderson	1799-1815	Democratic-Republican
George W. Campbell	1815-1818	Democratic-Republican
John H. Eaton	1818-1829	Democratic-Republican; Democratic; Whig
Felix Grundy	1829-1838	Democratic
Ephraim H. Foster	1838-1839	Whig
Felix Grundy	1839-1840	Democratic
Alfred O. P. Nicholson	1840-1842	Democratic
Ephraim H. Foster	1843-1845	Whig
Hopkins L. Turney	1845-1851	Democratic
James C. Jones	1851-1857	Whig
Andrew Johnson	1857-1862	Democratic
David T. Patterson	1866-1869	Democratic
William G. Brownlow	1869-1875	Republican
Andrew Johnson	1875-1875	Democratic
David M. Key	1875-1877	Democratic
James E. Bailey	1877-1881	Democratic
Howell E. Jackson	1881-1886	Democratic
Washington C. Whitthorne	1886-1887	Democratic
William B. Bate	1887-1905	Democratic
James B. Frazier	1905-1911	Democratic
Luke Lea	1911-1917	Democratic
Kenneth D. McKellar	1917-1953	Democratic
Albert A. Gore, Sr.	1953-1971	Democratic
William E. Brock III	1971-1977	Republican
James R. Sasser	1977-1995	Democratic
William H. Frist	1995-2007	Republican
Bob Corker	2007-2019	Republican
Marsha Blackburn	2019-Present	Republican

Class 2 Senators from Tennessee
Senator	Years Served	Party
William Blount	1796-1797	Democratic-Republican
Joseph Anderson	1797-1799	Democratic-Republican
William Cocke	1799-1805	Democratic-Republican
Daniel Smith	1805-1809	Democratic-Republican
Jenkin Whiteside	1809-1811	Democratic-Republican
George W. Campbell	1811-1814	Democratic-Republican
Jesse Wharton	1814-1815	Democratic-Republican
John Williams	1815-1823	Democratic-Republican
Andrew Jackson	1823-1825	Democratic-Republican; Jacksonian
Hugh Lawson White	1825-1840	Whig
Alexander O. Anderson	1840-1841	Democratic
Spencer Jarnagin	1843-1847	Whig
John Bell	1847-1859	Whig
Alfred O. P. Nicholson	1859-1861	Democratic
Joseph S. Fowler	1866-1871	Republican
Henry Cooper	1871-1877	Democratic
Isham G. Harris	1877-1897	Democratic
Thomas B. Turley	1897-1901	Democratic
Edward W. Carmack	1901-1907	Democratic
Robert L. Taylor	1907-1912	Democratic
Newell Sanders	1912-1913	Republican
William R. Webb	1913-1913	Democratic
John K. Shields	1913-1925	Democratic
Lawrence D. Tyson	1925-1929	Democratic
William E. Brock	1929-1931	Democratic
Cordell Hull	1931-1933	Democratic
Nathan L. Bachman	1933-1937	Democratic
George L. Berry	1937-1938	Democratic
A. Thomas Stewart	1939-1949	Democratic
C. Estes Kefauver	1949-1963	Democratic
Herbert S. Walters	1963-1964	Democratic
Ross Bass	1964-1967	Democratic
Howard H. Baker, Jr.	1967-1985	Republican
Albert A. Gore, Jr.	1985-1993	Democratic
Harlan Mathews	1993-1994	Democratic
Fred Thompson	1994-2003	Republican
Lamar Alexander	2003-2021	Republican
Bill Hagerty	2021 - Present	Republican

See also

• United States Senate
• United States congressional delegations from Tennessee
• Classes of United States Senators

Footnotes

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Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

Representatives

District 1

Diana Harshbarger (R)

District 2

Tim Burchett (R)

District 3

Charles Fleischmann (R)

District 4

Scott DesJarlais (R)

District 5

Andy Ogles (R)

District 6

John Rose (R)

District 7

Mark Green (R)

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (10)

Democratic Party (1)