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Members of the Tennessee General Assembly 1794 – Present TENNESSEE SENATORS HISTORICAL LISTING ANDERSON COUNTY – WILSON COUNTY COMPILED BY DIANE BLACK LIBRARIAN TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES 403 7TH AVENUE NORTH NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37243-0312 [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS Tennessee General Assembly − Senate Introduction – Individual Counties ii Historical Listings – Anderson County – Wilson County 1 – 255 State Senators Political Parties 1887 – 2010 256 Sources 256 i Tennessee General Assembly − Senate Introduction – Individual Counties Beginning with Anderson County and ending with Wilson County, Tennessee, I have listed the state senator who represented that county. Despite extensive research the following counties General Assembly Senators could not be found (Benton – 23rd; Carter – 10th; Cumberland – 37th; Dickson – 17th; Jackson – 10th; Lake – 40th; Obion – 40th; Overton – 10th; Union – 37th; and Van Buren – 29th). Each county listing has the state senator who represented that county, General Assembly, years of service and beginning with the Forty-Fifth General Assembly (1887), the political party if known is listed. If a State Senator died in office or resigned I have tried to note this date and the date his or her replacement was elected or appointed to office. The web link to the Acts of Tennessee as to formation of a county is given along with the common abbreviation used for that county, except for Tennessee County which does not have an abbreviation. ii MEMBERS OF THE TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1794 – PRESENT SENATE ANDERSON COUNTY – 1801 - A County Formation in Acts of Tennessee - Anderson County passed on November 6, 1801 http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/actanderson.htm NAME POLITICAL GENERAL YEARS PARTY ASSEMBLY White, James 5th 1803 – 1805 (General) Houston, Robert 6th 1805 – 1807 Preston, George 7th (1st Session − September 24 – died in office before December 4, 1807 1808) Brown, William 7th – 8th (2nd April 3, 1809 – session) September 15, 1811 Rogers, James R. 9th 1811 – 1813 Mitchell, James C. 10th 1813 – 1815 Standifer, James 11th – 14th 1815 – 1823 Billingsley, John 15th 1823 – 1825 Preston, James 16th 1825 – 1827 Williams, John 17th 1827 – 1829 Graves, George 18th 1829 – 1831 Anderson, Robert 19th 1831 – 1833 M. Jarnagin, Spencer 20th 1833 – 1835 Rogers, David 21st 1835 – 1837 Bratcher, Ferrell 22nd 1837 – 1839 Wheeler, John E. 23rd 1839 – 1841 Williams, William 24th 1841 – 1843 Ross, James 25th 1843 – 1845 Lenoir, Isaac T. 26th 1845 – 1847 Bratcher, Ferrell H. 27th 1847 – 1849 Tunnell, William 28th 1849 – 1851 Wester, John W. 29th 1851 – 1853 Carriger, Michael 30th 1853 – 1855 Hitch, Christopher 31st (1st session 1855 – 1856 only) (resigned due to illness) 1 Cocke, William M. 31st (2nd Session 1856 – 1857 only) Bratcher, Ferrell 32nd 1857 – 1859 Hurst, Allen 33rd (1st Session) 1859 – 1861 Nash, Micajah V. 33rd (1st & 2nd 1859 – 1861 Sessions) Hurst, Allen 34th (Confederate) 1861 – 1863 Senter, DeWitt C. 34th 1865 – 1869 (Reconstruction) - 35th Palmer, Jesse G. 36th 1869 – 1871 Gibson, Henry R. 37th 1871 – 1873 Richards, David 38th 1873 – 1875 Turley, William H. 39th 1875 – 1877 Flanders, John C. 40th 1877 – 1879 Samsell, Richard C. 41st 1879 – 1881 Huddleston, 42nd 1881 – 1883 Lafayette Adkins, Elijah W. 43rd 1883 – 1885 Logan, Samuel T. 44th 1885 – 1887 Carden, J. M. R 45th 1887 – 1889 Mynatt, Edward F. R 46th 1889 – 1891 Clear, Henry R 47th 1891 – 1893 Brown, Thomas N. R 48th 1893 – 1895 Bowman, John W. R 49th 1895 – 1897 Taylor, Arvell R 50th 1897 – 1899 Eaton, Andrew B. R 51st 1899 – 1901 Gamble, Moses H. R 52nd 1901 – 1903 Cate, Thomas L. R 53rd – 54th 1903 – 1907 Mansfield, R 55th – 56th 1907 – 1911 Frederick L. Hicks, Zenophan R 57th 1911 – 1913 Underwood, J. H. R 58th 1913 – 1915 Ingram, Thomas F. R 59th – 60th 1915 – 1919 Candler, Hershel M. R 61st – 62nd 1919 – 1923 Breazeale, Samuel R 63rd – 65th 1923 – 1927 O. Candler, Hershel M. R 66th – 67th 1923 – 1933 Franklin, Walter R 68th (died in office) 1933 – May 1, 1934 Fowler, Hammond D 69th 1935 – 1937 Lindsay, Robert D. R 70th – 72nd 1937 – 1943 Cantrell, Malcolm D 73rd – 74th 1943 – 1947 P. Callaway, Hugh W. D 75th – 77th 1947 – 1953 Roberts, Charles S. R 78th 1953 – 1955 2 Bell, Henry R. D 79th (died in office) 1955 – September 30, 1956 Atkins, Hobart F. R 80th 1957 − 1959 Eblen, Charles T. D 81st 1959 – 1961 Baird, Raymond R. D 82nd 1961 – 1963 Jennings, David L. D 83rd 1963 – 1965 Baird, Raymond R. D 84th – 90th 1965 – 1979 Shadden, Thomas R 88th 1973 – 1975 R. Elkins, James E. R 91st – 94th 1979 – 1987 McNally III, James R 95th – 106th 1987 – 2011 R. 3 MEMBERS OF THE TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1794 – PRESENT SENATE BEDFORD COUNTY – 1807 - B County Formation in Acts of Tennessee - Bedford County passed on December 3, 1807 http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/actbedford.htm NAME POLITICAL GENERAL YEARS PARTY ASSEMBLY Perkins, Nicholas T. 7th (2nd Session) 1809 Benton, Thomas H. 8th 1809 – 1811 Cannon, Newton 9th 1811 – 1813 Martin, Barclay 10th 1813 – 1815 Dyer, Robert H. 11th 1815 – 1817 Webster, Jonathan 12th 1817 – 1819 Atkinson, John 13th 1819 – 1821 Bradford, 14th 1821 – 1823 Theoderick F. Webster, Jonathan 15th 1823 – 1825 Bradford, 16th – 17th 1825 – 1829 Theoderick F. Webster, Jonathan 18th 1829 – 1831 Bradford, 19th 1831 – 1833 Theoderick F. Cannon, Robert 20th 1833 – 1835 Webster, Jonathan 21st 1835 – 1837 Mitchell, Samuel 22nd 1837 – 1839 Warner, Richard 23rd – 24th 1839 – 1843 Davis, Wilson P. 25th 1843 – 1845 Warner, Richard 26th 1845 – 1847 Dean, Thomas 27th 1847 – 1849 Laws, John 28th 1849 – 1851 Davis, Wilson P. 29th 1851 – 1853 Jones, Joel J. 30th 1853 – 1855 Dean, Thomas 31st 1855 – 1857 Davis, Wilson P. 32nd 1857 – 1859 Johnson, James M. 33rd 1859 – 1861 Wilson, Ewing A. 34th (Confederate) 1859 – 1861 4 Wisener Sr., William 34th 1865 – before H. (Reconstruction – October 2, 1865 1st Session) Johnson, Jesse D. 34th October 2, 1865 – (Reconstruction – 1867 2nd Session) Wisener Sr., William 35th 1867 – 1869 H. Cooper, Edmund 36th 1869 – 1871 Patterson, James M. 37th 1871 – 1873 Richardson, James 38th 1873 – 1875 D. Moseley, Thomas G. 39th 1875 – 1877 Maney, David D. 40th 1877 – 1879 Landis, Absalom L. 41st 1879 – 1881 Alexander, Benjamin 42nd 1881 – 1883 F. Steele, John W. 43rd 1883 – 1885 Metcalfe, Lewis S. 44th 1885 – 1887 A. Tolley, William P. D 45th 1887 – 1889 Moody, Clement J. D 46th 1889 – 1891 Alexander, Thomas D 47th 1891 – 1893 J. Wood, Thomas W. D 48th 1893 – 1895 Morgan, Lewis B. D 49th 1895 – 1897 Parker, Charles G. D 50th 1897 – 1899 Morgan, Lewis B D 51st 1899 – 1901 Bean, James J. D 52nd 1901 – 1903 Parson, R. C. D 53rd 1903 – 1905 Hickerson, William D 54th 1905 – 1907 P. Bean, James J D 55th 1907 – 1909 Muse, George P. D 56th 1909 – 1911 Hickerson, William D 57th 1911 – 1913 P. Blakemore, Eugene Independent − 58th 1913 – 1915 Democrat Ewell, Joseph L. D 59th 1915 – 1917 Bingham, G. C. D 60th 1917 – 1919 Parks, Roy H. D 61st 1919 – 1921 Womack, Luther E. D 62nd 1921 – 1923 Gant, William E. D 63rd 1923 – 1925 Vincent II, D 64th 1925 – 1927 Adolphus F. 5 Brown, William A. D 65th 1927 – 1929 Bean, James J. D 66th 1929 – 1931 Ewell, Leighton D 67th 1931 – 1933 Steele, Caleb L. D 68th 1933 – 1935 Ewell, Leighton D 69th 1935 – 1937 Cooper Jr., William D 70th 1937 – 1939 P. Motlow, Lemuel D 71st 1939 – 1941 Dossett, Robert L. D 72nd 1941 – 1943 Davidson, Joe H. D 73rd 1943 – 1945 Dossett, Robert L. D 74th 1945 – 1947 Bomar Jr., James L. D 75th 1947 – 1949 Wooten, John D. D 76th 1949 – 1951 Tarpley, Bayard S. D 77th 1951 – 1953 Jennings, Lyndon B. D 78th 1953 – 1955 Ray, Thomas R. D 79th 1955 – 1957 Jennings, Lyndon B. D 80th 1957 – 1959 Dennis Jr., Halbert F. D 81st 1959 – 1961 Threet, Ewing J. D 82nd 1961 – 1963 Bomar Jr., James L. D 83rd 1963 – 1965 Motlow, John R. D 84th – 89th 1965 – 1977 Rucker, John R. D 90th – 95th 1977 – 1989 Womack, David A. D 96th – 101st 1989 – 2001 Trail, Larry D 102nd – 103rd 2001 – 2005 Tracy, Jim R 104th – 106th 2005 – 2011 6 MEMBERS OF THE TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1794 – PRESENT SENATE BENTON COUNTY – 1835 - BE County Formation in Acts of Tennessee - Benton County passed on December 19, 1835 http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/actbenton.htm NAME POLITICAL GENERAL YEARS PARTY ASSEMBLY Hardwicke, 22nd 1837 – 1839 Jonathan P. Hardwicke, 24th 1841 – 1843 Jonathan P. Voorhies, Jacob 25th – 26th 1843 – 1847 Shaw Jr., Benton T. 27th – 28th 1847 – 1851 W. Pavatt, Stephen C. 29th 1851 – 1853 Hall, Albert P. 30th – 31st 1853 – 1857 Ross, Stephen L. 32nd 1857 – 1859 Mickley, James E. 33rd 1859 – 1861 Morris, William P. 34th (Confederate) 1861 – 1863 Muse, Thomas C. 34th 1865 – 1867 (Reconstruction) Wilson, David 35th 1867 – 1869 Thomas, Dorsey B. 36th 1869 – 1871 Jones, John W. G. 37th 1871 – 1873 Warren, Standford 38th 1873 – 1875 G. Paine, Thomas H. 39th 1875 – 1877 Ross, Stephen L. 40th 1877 – 1879 Morris, William P. 41st 1879 – 1881 Tillman, Basil M. 42nd 1881 – 1883 Wilson, James P. 43rd 1883 – 1885 Farmer, John H. 44th 1885 – 1887 Townes, Henry C. D 45th 1887 – 1889 Jones, James L. D 46th 1889 – 1891 Castile, James M. D 47th 1891 – 1893 Wyatt, Thomas C. D 48th 1893 – 1895 Jeffreys, James R 49th 1895 – 1897 7 Clement, James A. D 50th 1897 – 1899 Tuten, William R. D 51st 1899 – 1901 Turner, Clarence W. D 52nd 1901 – 1903 Jackson, Jesse C. D 53rd 1903 – 1905 Gill, Walter E. D 54th 1905 – 1907 Foster, James A. D 55th 1907 – 1909 Thomas Jr., Dorsey D 56th 1909 – 1911 B. Rogers, James T. Republican−Democrat 57th (died in office) 1911 – January 18, 1912 Thomas Jr., Dorsey D 58th 1913 – 1915 B.
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