Other High Offices Held
This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Tennessee except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.
| Name | Gubernatorial term | U.S. Congress | Other offices held | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | Senate | |||
| William Blount | 1790–1796 (territorial) | S | Continental Congressman from North Carolina | |
| John Sevier | 1796–1801, 1803–1809 | H | U.S. Representative from North Carolina; Governor of the State of Franklin | |
| Sam Houston | 1827–1829 | H | President of the Republic of Texas; U.S. Senator from Texas; Governor of Texas | |
| William Hall | 1829 | H | ||
| Newton Cannon | 1835–1839 | H | ||
| James K. Polk | 1839–1841 | H | 11th President of the United States | |
| James C. Jones | 1841–1845 | S | ||
| Aaron V. Brown | 1845–1847 | H | United States Postmaster General | |
| Neill S. Brown | 1847–1849 | United States Minister to Russia | ||
| William Trousdale | 1849–1851 | United States Minister to Brazil | ||
| William B. Campbell | 1851–1853 | H | ||
| Andrew Johnson | 1853–1857, 1862–1865 | H | S | 17th President of the United States; 16th Vice President of the United States |
| Isham G. Harris | 1857–1862 | H | S | |
| William G. Brownlow | 1865–1869 | S | ||
| James D. Porter | 1875–1879 | United States Minister to Chile | ||
| William B. Bate | 1883–1887 | S | ||
| Robert Love Taylor | 1897–1899 | H | S | |
| Benton McMillin | 1899–1903 | H | United States Minister to Peru; United States Minister to Guatemala | |
| James B. Frazier | 1903–1905 | S* | ||
| Malcolm R. Patterson | 1907–1911 | H | ||
| Alfred A. Taylor | 1921–1923 | H | ||
| Gordon Browning | 1937–1939, 1949–1953 | H | ||
| Prentice Cooper | 1939–1945 | United States Ambassador to Peru | ||
| Jim Nance McCord | 1945–1949 | H | ||
| Ray Blanton | 1975–1979 | H | ||
| Lamar Alexander | 1979–1987 | S | United States Secretary of Education | |
| Don Sundquist | 1995–2003 | H | ||
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