Tennessee's congressional districts

Map of Tennessee's congressional districts since January 3, 2023
Interactive map version

There are currently nine United States congressional districts in Tennessee based on results from the 2020 United States census. There have been as few as eight and as many as thirteen congressional districts in Tennessee. The 13th district and the 12th district were lost after the 1840 census. The 11th district was lost after the 1850 census and the 10th district was last lost after the 1950 census. The 9th district was briefly lost after the 1970 census but was regained after the 1980 census.

Current districts and representatives

List of members of the United States House delegation from Tennessee, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 9 members, with 8 Republicans, and 1 Democrat.

The Tennessee congressional maps are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case by the Republican-controlled state legislature, which in 2022 drew maps to ‘crack’ the Democratic stronghold of Nashville across three otherwise Republican districts, ensuring three Republican representatives, despite Nashville’s strong Democratic lean and population nearly sufficient for a single district. ^[1] This Republican gerrymander ‘diminished the influence of Black voters and other voters of color concentrated in Nashville’, by splitting them up and adding portions of the Nashville community into districts that are overwhelmingly white and Republican, thus diluting the voting power of Black voters in the state.

Current U.S. representatives from Tennessee
District	Member (Residence) [2]	Party	Incumbent since	CPVI (2022) [3]	District map
1st	Diana Harshbarger (Kingsport)	Republican	since January 3, 2021	R+30
2nd	Tim Burchett (Knoxville)	Republican	since January 3, 2019	R+18
3rd	Chuck Fleischmann (Ooltewah)	Republican	since January 3, 2011	R+19
4th	Scott DesJarlais (Sherwood)	Republican	since January 3, 2011	R+22
5th	Andy Ogles (Columbia)	Republican	since January 3, 2023	R+9
6th	John Rose (Cookeville)	Republican	since January 3, 2019	R+17
7th	Mark Green (Clarksville)	Republican	since January 3, 2019	R+10
8th	David Kustoff (Germantown)	Republican	since January 3, 2017	R+21
9th	Steve Cohen (Memphis)	Democratic	since January 3, 2007	D+22

Historical results

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Historical and present district boundaries

Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Tennessee, presented chronologically. ^[4] All redistricting events that took place in Tennessee between 1973 and 2013 are shown.

Year	Statewide map
1973–1982
1983–1992
1993–2002
2003–2013
2013–2023

Obsolete districts

• Southwest Territory's at-large congressional district , obsolete since statehood
• Tennessee's at-large congressional district (1796–1805; 1873–1875)
• Tennessee's 10th congressional district , obsolete since the 1950 census
• Tennessee's 11th congressional district , obsolete since the 1850 census
• Tennessee's 12th congressional district , obsolete since the 1840 census
• Tennessee's 13th congressional district , obsolete since the 1840 census

See also

• United States portal

• List of United States congressional districts
• Baker v. Carr

References

1. Witherspoon, Andrew; York, Sam Levine in New. "A masterclass in election-rigging: how Republicans 'dismembered' a Democratic stronghold". the Guardian. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
2. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
3. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
4. "Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–2012" . Retrieved October 18, 2014.