Political party strength in Tennessee facts for kids
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Tennessee:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Carter County Republican (CCR), Constitutional Union (CU), Democratic (D), Democratic/Military (DM), Democratic-Republican (DR), Farmers' Alliance (FA), Know Nothing (K-N), Opposition (O), Republican (R), Unionist (U), Whig (W), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
Year | Executive office | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | |||
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Governor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | ||
1790 | William Blount (DR) | James White (DR) | |||||
1791 | |||||||
1792 | |||||||
1793 | |||||||
1794 | |||||||
1795 | |||||||
1796 | John Sevier (DR) | William Cocke (DR) | William Blount (DR) | Andrew Jackson (DR) | Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr (DR) | ||
1797 | |||||||
Andrew Jackson (DR) | Joseph Anderson (DR) | William C. C. Claiborne (DR) | |||||
1798 | |||||||
Daniel Smith (DR) | |||||||
1799 | Joseph Anderson (DR) | William Cocke (DR) | |||||
1800 | Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr (DR) | ||||||
1801 | Archibald Roane (DR) | William Dickson (DR) | |||||
1802 | |||||||
1803 | John Sevier (DR) | 3 DR | |||||
1804 | Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton (DR) | ||||||
1805 | Daniel Smith (DR) | ||||||
1806 | |||||||
1807 | |||||||
1808 | James Madison and George Clinton (DR) | ||||||
1809 | Willie Blount (DR) | ||||||
Jenkin Whiteside (DR) | |||||||
1810 | |||||||
1811 | |||||||
George W. Campbell (DR) | |||||||
1812 | James Madison and Elbridge Gerry (DR) | ||||||
1813 | 6 DR | ||||||
1814 | Jesse Wharton (DR) | ||||||
1815 | Joseph McMinn (DR) | George W. Campbell (DR) | |||||
John Williams (DR) | |||||||
1816 | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) | ||||||
1817 | |||||||
1818 | |||||||
John Eaton (DR) | |||||||
1819 | |||||||
1820 | |||||||
1821 | William Carroll (D-R) | 5 DR (6th vacant) | |||||
1822 | |||||||
1823 | Andrew Jackson (DR) | 9 DR (Jacksonian) | |||||
1824 | Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (DR) | ||||||
1825 | |||||||
Hugh Lawson White (DR/D) | |||||||
1826 | |||||||
1827 | Sam Houston (DR) | 8J, 1A-J | |||||
1828 | Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (D) | ||||||
1829 | |||||||
William Hall (D) | Felix Grundy (D) | ||||||
William Carroll (D) | |||||||
1830 | |||||||
1831 | |||||||
1832 | Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D) | ||||||
1833 | 12J, 1A-J | ||||||
1834 | |||||||
1835 | Newton Cannon (W) | 9A-J, 4J | |||||
1836 | A-J Majority | A-J Majority | Hugh Lawson White (W) | Hugh Lawson White and John Tyler (W) | |||
1837 | 10W, 3D | ||||||
1838 | 18W, 7D | 46W, 25D, 4? | |||||
Ephraim H. Foster (W) | |||||||
1839 | James K. Polk (D) | Felix Grundy (D) | 7W, 6D | ||||
1840 | 14D, 11W | 42D, 33W | Alexander O. Anderson (D) | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) | |||
1841 | James C. Jones (W) | Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) | Vacant | 8W, 5D | |||
1842 | 13D, 12A | 39W, 36D | |||||
1843 | Ephraim H. Foster (W) | Spencer Jarnagin (W) | 6D, 5W | ||||
1844 | 14W, 11D | 40W, 35D | Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) | ||||
1845 | Aaron V. Brown (D) | Hopkins L. Turney (D) | |||||
1846 | 13D, 12W | 39D, 36W | |||||
1847 | Neill S. Brown (W) | John Bell (W/A) | |||||
1848 | 13W, 12D | 41W, 34D | Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) | ||||
1849 | William Trousdale (D) | 7D, 4W | |||||
1850 | 14D, 11W | 39D, 36W | |||||
1851 | William B. Campbell (W) | James C. Jones (W) | |||||
1852 | 16W, 9D | 39W, 36D | Winfield Scott and William Alexander Graham (W) | ||||
1853 | Andrew Johnson (D) | 5D, 5W | |||||
1854 | 13D, 12A | 44W, 31D | 6W, 4D | ||||
1855 | 5D, 5A | ||||||
1856 | 14A, 11D | 38A, 37D | James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge (D) | ||||
1857 | Isham G. Harris (D) | Andrew Johnson (D) | 7D, 3A | ||||
1858 | 18D, 7A | 42D, 33A | |||||
1859 | Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) | 7O, 3D | |||||
1860 | 14D, 11O | 41D, 34O | John Bell and Edward Everett (CU) | ||||
1861 | 3U, (7 vacant) | ||||||
1862 | American Civil War | American Civil War | American Civil War | ||||
Andrew Johnson (DM) | American Civil War | ||||||
1863 | American Civil War | ||||||
1864 | Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (NU) | ||||||
1865 | Edward H. East (R) | ||||||
William G. Brownlow (R) | |||||||
1866 | 25R | 79R, 4D | David T. Patterson (D) | Joseph S. Fowler (R) | 8U | ||
1867 | 8R | ||||||
1868 | 83R | Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R) | |||||
1869 | Dewitt Clinton Senter (R) | William G. Brownlow (R) | |||||
1870 | 20D, 5R | 66D, 17R | |||||
1871 | John C. Brown (D) | 22D, 3R | 63D, 12R | Henry Cooper (D) | 6D, 2R | ||
1872 | Thomas A. Hendricks and Benjamin Gratz Brown (D) | ||||||
1873 | 18D, 7R | 49D, 26R | 7R, 3D | ||||
1874 | |||||||
1875 | James D. Porter (D) | 23D, 2R | 70D, 5R | Andrew Johnson (D) | 9D, 1R | ||
David M. Key (D) | |||||||
1876 | Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | ||||||
1877 | 20D, 5R | 59D, 16R | James E. Bailey (D) | Isham G. Harris (D) | 8D, 2R | ||
1878 | |||||||
1879 | Albert S. Marks (D) | 22D, 3R | 61D, 14R | 9D, 1R | |||
1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock and William Hayden English (D) | ||||||
1881 | Alvin Hawkins (R) | 15D, 10R | 37R, 37D, 1G | Howell Edmunds Jackson (D) | 7D, 3R | ||
1882 | |||||||
1883 | William B. Bate (D) | 27D, 6R | 71D, 28R | 8D, 2R | |||
1884 | Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | ||||||
1885 | 22D, 11R | 81D, 18R | 7D, 3R | ||||
1886 | |||||||
Washington C. Whitthorne (D) | |||||||
1887 | Robert Love Taylor (D) | 21D, 12R | 63D, 36R | William B. Bate (D) | 8D, 2R | ||
1888 | Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) | ||||||
1889 | 23D, 10R | 69D, 30R | 7D, 3R | ||||
1890 | |||||||
1891 | John P. Buchanan (FA) | 25D, 8R | 79D, 20R | 8D, 2R | |||
1892 | Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson I (D) | ||||||
1893 | Peter Turney (D) | 25D, 6R, 1P, 1I | 68D, 26R, 5P | ||||
1894 | |||||||
1895 | 21D, 10R, 1P, 1U | 60D, 32R, 7P | 6D, 4R | ||||
1896 | William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D) | ||||||
1897 | Robert Love Taylor (D) | 24D, 9R | 63D, 32R, 4P | 8D, 2R | |||
Thomas B. Turley (D) | |||||||
1898 | |||||||
1899 | Benton McMillin (D) | 25D, 8R | 77D, 22R | ||||
1900 | William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson I (D) | ||||||
1901 | 27D, 5R, 1ID | 76D, 23R | Edward W. Carmack (D) | ||||
1902 | |||||||
1903 | James B. Frazier (D) | 28D, 5R | 83D, 16R | ||||
1904 | Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis (D) | ||||||
1905 | 80D, 19R | ||||||
John I. Cox (D) | James B. Frazier (D) | ||||||
1906 | |||||||
1907 | Malcolm R. Patterson (D) | 27D, 6R | 78D, 21R | Robert Love Taylor (D) | |||
1908 | William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern (D) | ||||||
1909 | 28D, 5R | 77D, 22R | |||||
1910 | |||||||
1911 | Ben W. Hooper (R) | 21D, 7R, 4RD, 1I | 74D, 25R | Luke Lea (D) | |||
1912 | Newell Sanders (R) | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | |||||
1913 | 16D, 6R, 6RD, 5ID | 52D, 27R, 20I | William R. Webb (D) | ||||
John K. Shields (D) | |||||||
1914 | |||||||
1915 | Tom C. Rye (D) | 26D, 7R | 72D, 27R | ||||
1916 | |||||||
1917 | 27D, 6R | Kenneth McKellar (D) | |||||
1918 | |||||||
1919 | A. H. Roberts (D) | 26D, 7R | |||||
1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) | ||||||
1921 | Alfred A. Taylor (R) | 24D, 9R | 66D, 32R, 1I | 5D, 5R | |||
1922 | |||||||
1923 | Austin Peay (D) | 28D, 5R | 76D, 23R | 8D, 2R | |||
1924 | John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan (D) | ||||||
1925 | 29D, 4R | Lawrence Tyson (D) | |||||
1926 | |||||||
1927 | Henry Hollis Horton (D) | 28D, 5R | 80D, 19R | ||||
1928 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | ||||||
1929 | 25D, 8R | 72D, 27R | |||||
William Emerson Brock (D) | |||||||
1930 | |||||||
1931 | 28D, 5R | 83D, 16R | Cordell Hull (D) | ||||
1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) | ||||||
1933 | Harry Hill McAlister (D) | 29D, 4R | 81D, 18R | Nathan L. Bachman (D) | 7D, 2R | ||
1934 | |||||||
1935 | 28D, 5R | ||||||
1936 | |||||||
1937 | Gordon Browning (D) | 29D, 4R | |||||
George L. Berry (D) | |||||||
1938 | |||||||
1939 | Prentice Cooper (D) | 83D, 16R | Tom Stewart (D) | ||||
1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) | ||||||
1941 | |||||||
1942 | |||||||
1943 | 30D, 3R | 78D, 20R, 1I | 8D, 2R | ||||
1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) | ||||||
1945 | Jim Nance McCord (D) | 28D, 5R | 75D, 24R | ||||
1946 | |||||||
1947 | 29D, 4R | 82D, 17R | |||||
1948 | Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) | ||||||
1949 | Gordon Browning (D) | 80D, 19R | Estes Kefauver (D) | ||||
1950 | |||||||
1951 | |||||||
1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) | ||||||
1953 | Frank G. Clement (D) | 28D, 5R | 81D, 18R | Al Gore, Sr. (D) | 7D, 2R | ||
1954 | |||||||
1955 | 80D, 19R | ||||||
1956 | |||||||
1957 | 27D, 6R | 78D, 21R | |||||
1958 | |||||||
1959 | Buford Ellington (D) | 28D, 5R | 82D, 17R | ||||
1960 | Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) | ||||||
1961 | 27D, 6R | 81D, 18R | |||||
1962 | |||||||
1963 | Frank G. Clement (D) | 78D, 21R | Herbert S. Walters (D) | 6D, 3R | |||
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) | ||||||
1965 | 25D, 8R | 74D, 25R | Ross Bass (D) | ||||
1966 | |||||||
1967 | Buford Ellington (D) | 58D, 41R | Howard Baker (R) | 5D, 4R | |||
1968 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | ||||||
1969 | 20D, 13R | 49R, 49D, 1I | |||||
1970 | 21D, 12R | ||||||
1971 | Winfield Dunn (R) | 19D, 13R, 1A | 56D, 43R | Bill Brock (R) | |||
1972 | |||||||
1973 | 51D, 48R | 5R, 3D | |||||
1974 | |||||||
1975 | Ray Blanton (D) | 20D, 12R, 1I | 63D, 35R, 1I | 5D, 3R | |||
1976 | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) | ||||||
1977 | 23D, 9R, 1I | 66D, 32R, 1I | Jim Sasser (D) | ||||
1978 | |||||||
1979 | Lamar Alexander (R) | 20D, 12R, 1I | 60D, 38R, 1I | ||||
1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) | ||||||
1981 | 58D, 39R, 2I | ||||||
1982 | 21D, 11R, 1I | ||||||
1983 | 60D, 38R, 1I | 6D, 3R | |||||
1984 | 22D, 11R | ||||||
1985 | 23D, 10R | 62D, 37R | Al Gore (D) | ||||
1986 | |||||||
1987 | Ned McWherter (D) | 61D, 38R | |||||
1988 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | ||||||
1989 | 22D, 11R | 59D, 40R | |||||
1990 | |||||||
1991 | 20D, 13R | 55D, 44R | |||||
1992 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | ||||||
1993 | 19D, 14R | 64D, 35R | Harlan Matthews (D) | ||||
1994 | |||||||
Fred Thompson (R) | |||||||
1995 | Don Sundquist (R) | 18D, 15R | 59D, 40R | Bill Frist (R) | 5R, 4D | ||
1996 | 17R, 16D | ||||||
1997 | 18D, 15R | 61D, 38R | |||||
1998 | |||||||
1999 | 59D, 40R | ||||||
2000 | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | ||||||
2001 | 18D, 15R | 58D, 41R | |||||
2002 | |||||||
2003 | Phil Bredesen (D) | 54D, 45R | Lamar Alexander (R) | 5D, 4R | |||
2004 | |||||||
2005 | 17R, 16D | 53D, 46R | |||||
2006 | |||||||
2007 | 17R, 16D | Bob Corker (R) | |||||
16R, 16D, 1I | |||||||
16R, 15D, 1I | |||||||
16R, 16D, 1I | |||||||
2008 | John McCain and Sarah Palin (R) | ||||||
2009 | 19R, 14D | 50R, 49D | |||||
49R, 49D, 1CCR | |||||||
2010 | 50R, 48D, 1I | ||||||
2011 | Bill Haslam (R) | 20R, 13D | 64R, 34D, 1I | 7R, 2D | |||
2012 | Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R) | ||||||
2013 | 26R, 7D | 71R, 27D, 1I | |||||
2014 | |||||||
2015 | 28R, 5D | 73R, 26D | |||||
2016 | Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R) | ||||||
2017 | 74R, 25D | ||||||
Year | Governor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
Executive office | State Legislature | United States Congress |
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