List of lieutenant governors of Tennessee

The following is a list of people who have served as Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee (formal title: Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate) since the current Tennessee State Constitution was adopted in 1870. The title of Lieutenant Governor was formally added in 1951; however, the Speaker of the Senate has been the designated successor to the Governor of Tennessee since Tennessee achieved statehood in 1796. Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey (who served 2007-2017) was the first Republican to hold this office since the adoption of the current constitution, all previous ones having been Democrats.

Parties

  Democratic   Republican

Lieutenant Governors of the State of Tennessee
Order Name Term Party Governor(s) served under Life
1 Dorsey B. Thomas 1869–1871 Democratic None 18231897
2 John C. Vaughn 1871–1873 Democratic 18241875
3 A. T. Lacey 1873–1875 Democratic 18211878
4 Thomas H. Paine 1875–1877 Democratic 18361903
5 Hugh M. McAdoo 1877–1879 Democratic 18381894
6 John R. Neal 1879–1881 Democratic 1836–1889
7 George H. Morgan 1881–1883 Democratic 18411900
8 Benjamin F. Alexander 1883–1885 Democratic 18491911
9 Cabell R. Berry 1885–1887 Democratic 1848–1910
10 Z. W. Ewing 1887–1889 Democratic 1843–1909
11 Benjamin J. Lea 1889–1891 Democratic 1833–1894
12 William C. Dismukes 1891–1895 Democratic 1850–1903
13 Ernest Pillow 1895–1897 Democratic 1856–1904
14 John Thompson 1897–1899 Democratic 1852–1919
15 Seid Waddell 1899–1901 Democratic 1849–1921
16 Newton H. White 1901–1903 Democratic 1860–1931
17 E. T. Seay 1903–1905 Democratic 1868-1941
18 John I. Cox 1905 Democratic 1855–1946
19 Ernest Rice 1905–1907 Democratic 1872-1950
20 E. G. Tollett 1907–1909 Democratic 1864–1926
21 William Kinney 1909–1911 Democratic 1863–1928
22 Nathaniel Baxter, Jr. 1911–1913 Democratic 1844–1913
23 Newton H. White 1913–1915 Democratic 1860–1931
24 Hugh C. Anderson 1915 Democratic 1851–1915
25 Albert E. Hill 1915–1917 Democratic 1870–1933
26 W. R. Crabtree 1917–1919 Democratic 1867–1920
27 Andrew L. Todd Sr. 1919–1921 Democratic 1872–1945
28 William West Bond 1921–1923 Democratic 1884–1975
29 Eugene J. Bryan 1923–1925 Democratic 1888–1958
30 Lucius D. Hill 1925–1927 Democratic 1856–1933
31 Henry Hollis Horton 1927 Democratic 1866–1934
32 Sam R. Bratton 1929–1931 Democratic 1864–1936
33 Scott Fitzhugh 1931 Democratic 1888–1956
34 Ambrose B. Broadbent 1931–1933 Democratic 1885–1952
35 Albert F. Officer 1933–1935 Democratic 1899–1965
36 William P. Moss 1935–1936 Democratic 1897–1985
37 Bryan Pope 1936–1939 Democratic 1893–1973
38 Blan R. Maxwell 1939–1943 Democratic 1899–1943
39 Joseph H. Ballew 1943–1945 Democratic 1886–1972
40 Larry Morgan 1945–1947 Democratic 1896–1965
41 George Oliver Benton 1947–1949 Democratic 1915–2001
42 Walter M. Haynes 1949–1953 Democratic Gordon Browning 1897–1967
43 Jared Maddux 1953–1959 Democratic Frank G. Clement 1912–1971
44 William D. Baird 1959–1962 Democratic Buford Ellington 1906–1987
45 James L. Bomar, Jr. 1963–1965 Democratic Frank G. Clement 1914–2001
46 Jared Maddux 1965–1967 Democratic Frank G. Clement 1912–1971
47 Frank Gorrell 1967–1971 Democratic Buford Ellington 1927–1994
48 John S. Wilder 1971–2007 Democratic Winfield Dunn
Ray Blanton
Lamar Alexander
Ned McWherter
Don Sundquist
Phil Bredesen
1921–2010
49 Ron Ramsey 2007–2017 Republican Phil Bredesen
Bill Haslam
b. 1955
50 Randy McNally 2017–present Republican Bill Haslam
Bill Lee
b. 1944

¹ John I. Cox became governor of Tennessee on March 21, 1905 when Governor James B. Frazier arranged his own appointment to a vacant United States Senate seat and then resigned as governor.

² Henry H. Horton became governor of Tennessee on October 3, 1927 upon the death of Governor Austin Peay. The legislature at the time met on a biennial basis, so the position of Speaker of the Senate remained vacant until January 1929. During this period, the designated successor to the governor was Selden Maiden, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.

Pre-1870

President of the Council of the Southwest Territory[1]
President Term Party Life Notes
Griffith Rutherford 17941796 17211805 The council dissolved upon the territory's admission as a state
Speakers of the Tennessee Senate, 17961869[2]
Name Term Party Life Notes
James Winchester 17961797 17521826
James White 17971798 17471821
William Blount 17981799 Democratic-Republican 17491800
Alexander Outlaw 17991801 17381826
James White 18011805 17471821
Joseph McMinn 18051811 Democratic-Republican 17581824
Thomas Henderson 18111813 Democratic-Republican 1742 1832
Robert Coleman Foster 18131815 Whig 17691844
Edward Ward 18151819 d. 1837
Robert Weakley 18191821 Democratic-Republican 17641845
Sterling Brewer 18211823 17661852
Robert Weakley 18231825 Democratic-Republican 17641845
Robert C. Foster 18251827 Whig 17961871
William Hall 18271829 Democratic 17751856 Became governor upon the resignation of Sam Houston
Joel Walker 18291831 Whig 17891844
Burchet Douglas 18311833 Whig 17931849
David Burford 18331835 Democratic 17911864
Jonathan Webster 18351837 Whig 17791849
Terry H. Cahal 18371839 Whig 18021851
Thomas Love 1839 Democratic 17661844
Levin H. Coe 18391841 Democratic 18071850
Samuel Turney 18411843 Democratic c. 17951863
Josiah M. Anderson 18431845 Whig 18071861
Harvey M. Watterson 18451847 Democratic 18111891
Josiah M. Anderson 18471849 Whig 18071861
John F. Henry 18491851 Whig 18081884
Munson R. Hill 18511853 Whig 18211867
Edwin Polk 18531855 Democratic 18181854
Edward S. Cheatham 18551857 Whig 18181878
John C. Burch 18571859 Democratic 18271881
Tazewell W. Newman 18591861 Democratic 18271867
Burton L. Stovall 1861 Democratic 18121879
Edward S. Cheatham 18611862 Whig 18181878 The state government was replaced by a military government in 1862
Samuel R. Rodgers 1865 Unionist 17981866
Joshua B. Frierson 18651867 Unionist 18061876
Dewitt Clinton Senter 18671869 Republican 18301898 Became governor upon the resignation of William G. Brownlow
Philip P.C. Nelson 1869 Republican 18281880

References

  1. The five-man council was the upper chamber of the territorial legislature. Its members were appointed by the President of the United States, and the council president was elected by the five members. The council president was not the first in line of succession (this role fell to the Territorial Secretary).
  2. Historical Constitutional Officers of Tennessee, 1796 - Present, Territory South of the River Ohio, 1790 - 1796. Retrieved: 29 November 2012.
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