The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The governor is the only official in the Tennessee state government who is directly elected by the voters of the entire state.
Philip Norman Bredesen Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected in 2002 with 50.6% of the vote and re-elected in 2006 with 68.6%. He is the most recent Democrat elected to a statewide office in the state. He served as the 66th mayor of Nashville from 1991 to 1999. Bredesen is the founder of the HealthAmerica Corporation,which he sold in 1986.
Ned Ray McWherter was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Tennessee,from 1987 to 1995. Prior to that,he served as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1973 to 1987,the longest tenure as Speaker up to that time.
Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn is an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975. He was the state's first Republican governor in fifty years. Dunn was an unsuccessful candidate for a second term in 1986,losing to Democrat Ned McWherter. He has remained active in the Republican Party and the medical field since the end of his term as governor.
Frank Goad Clement was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st Governor of Tennessee from 1953 to 1959 and from 1963 to 1967. Inaugurated for the first time at age 32,he was the state's youngest and longest-serving governor in the 20th century. Clement owed much of his rapid political rise to his ability to deliver rousing,mesmerizing speeches. His sermon-like keynote address at the 1956 Democratic National Convention has been described as both one of the best and one of the worst keynote addresses in the era of televised conventions.
John Sumners Tanner is a former American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 8th congressional district,serving from 1989 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Since his retirement,Tanner has served as the Vice Chairman of Prime Policy Group.
The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate,along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives,convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson.
Timothy Floyd Burchett is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district,based in Knoxville,serving since 2019.
Robert Nelson Clement is an American politician and academic administrator. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served in the United States House of Representatives,representing Tennessee,from 1988 until 2003,when he retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate.
William Vanderpool "Van" Hilleary is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 4th congressional district from 1995 to 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Stephen Ira Cohen is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman and since 2023 has been the only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation.
The 2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006. Incumbent Democratic governor Phil Bredesen defeated Republican State Senator Jim Bryson in a landslide to win a second term as Governor of Tennessee,winning every county in the state.
David B. Hawk is a Tennessee politician. He was elected to the 103rd through the 113th General Assembly as the member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 5th district,which is composed of Unicoi County and part of Greene County. He is a member of the Commerce Committee,the Conservation and Environment Committee,the Parks and Tourism Subcommittee,and the Small Business Subcommittee. David Hawk attended Tusculum College,graduated from East Tennessee State University with honors and a degree in Marketing,and worked as a haberdasher.
Matthew Hansen Mead is a Wyoming attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming from 2001 to 2007.
Tim Schaffer is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2006,and of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2014 and also previously represented the 77th District of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2015 until 2019.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate from the State of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander defeated Democrat Gordon Ball,and was re-elected to a third term in office with 61.9% of the vote against 31.9%.
Mary Littleton is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 78 since January 8,2013.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 6,2018,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Bob Corker opted to retire instead of running for a third term. Republican U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn won the open seat,defeating former Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen.
Gordon Douglas Jones is an American attorney,and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Jones was previously the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 1997 to 2001.
Thomas Richard Tillis is an American politician who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 92nd district as a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure in the state house he served as the Majority Whip.
