The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 5,1996. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole,the Republican nominee,and Ross Perot,the Reform Party nominee and 1992 Independent presidential candidate.
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993,where he helped with the implementation of Education 2000.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is an American attorney,television correspondent,politician,diplomat,and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republican Party,she was a United States Senator from Texas from 1993 to 2013.
Howard Henry Baker Jr. was an American politician,diplomat and photographer who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure,he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then Senate Majority Leader. A member of the Republican Party,Baker was the first Republican to be elected to the US Senate in Tennessee since the Reconstruction era.
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker,former House majority leader,two-time House minority leader,and a 24-term congressman,representing Texas's 4th congressional district as a Democrat from 1913 to 1961. He holds the record for the longest tenure as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,serving for over 17 years.
John Hardy Isakson was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2005 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Georgia legislature and the United States House of Representatives.
Wayne Edward Whitfield is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative of Kentucky's 1st congressional district from January 1995,until his resignation in September 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party,and the first to represent the district. His district covered much of the western part of the state,including Hopkinsville,Paducah,Henderson and Kentucky's share of Fort Campbell.
Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the Southern United States.
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.
Diane Lynn Black is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district from January 3,2011,to January 3,2019. The district includes several suburban and rural areas east of Nashville. A Republican,she was previously elected to the Tennessee Senate,serving as floor leader of the Republican Caucus. She unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination in the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election.
George Robert Watkins,also known as G. Robert Watkins,was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate 9th district from 1949 to 1960,the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1967 and the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1967 to 1970.
Howard Donald McLeary is an American politician and former college football player and coach. He was a member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 27th district,which is composed of Madison,Gibson,and Carroll counties.
William K. Dunn is an American politician,a Republican,and the former Acting-Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Rep. Dunn announced on September 12,2019,that he would not seek re-election to his post.
The Tennessee Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Tennessee. Since the mid-1960s,the state has become increasingly Republican. The current chairman of the Republican Party of Tennessee is Scott Golden. It is currently the dominant party in the state,controlling the majority of Tennessee's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,both houses of the state legislature,and the governorship.
Jack Johnson is an American politician and a Republican Party member of the Tennessee Senate for the 27th district,which is composed of Williamson County.
William Gary Lamberth is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the forty-fourth district,encompassing parts of Sumner County,Tennessee.
Dennis Powers is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 36th District,encompassing Campbell County Union and part of Claiborne Counties.
The 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Haslam was term-limited,and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. Republican candidate Bill Lee was elected with 59.6% of the vote,defeating Democratic nominee and former Nashville mayor Karl Dean.
William Francis Hagerty IV is an American politician,businessman,and diplomat serving as the junior United States senator from Tennessee since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 30th United States ambassador to Japan from 2017 to 2019 under President Donald Trump.
Jerry Sexton is a retired American politician who served as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Sexton represented Tennessee House District 35,an area in East Tennessee consisting of Grainger,Claiborne,and part of Union counties from 2015 until his retirement following redistricting in 2023. Sexton would be succeeded by several representatives,including Rick Eldridge,Gary Hicks,and Dennis Powers,for Grainger,Claiborne,and Union counties respectively following the dissolution of District 35.
