Class 1
Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012.
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Congress | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | William Cocke | Democratic-Republican | August 2, 1796 – September 26, 1797 |
4 | 1 | Elected in 1796 |
| 5 | 2 | Appointed to begin the term due to failure of legislature to elect Resigned when successor elected |
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| 2 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic-Republican | September 26, 1797 – April 1, 1798 |
Elected to finish Cocke's term Resigned |
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| Vacant | April 1, 1798 – October 6, 1798 |
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| 3 | Daniel Smith | Democratic-Republican | October 6, 1798 – March 3, 1799 |
Appointed to finish Jackson's term |
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| 4 | Joseph Anderson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1815 |
6 | Elected to finish Jackson's term | |
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| 8 | 3 | Re-elected in 1803 | ||||
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| 11 | 4 | Re-elected in 1809 Retired |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1815 – October 10, 1815 |
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| 5 | George W. Campbell | Democratic-Republican | October 10, 1815 – April 20, 1818 |
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Elected to finish vacant term Resigned |
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| Vacant | April 20, 1818 – September 27, 1818 |
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| 6 | John H. Eaton | Democratic-Republican | September 27, 1818 – March 9, 1829 |
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Appointed to continue Cambell's term Elected to finish Cambell's term |
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| 17 | 6 | Re-elected in 1821 | ||||
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| 20 | 7 | Re-elected in 1827 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of War |
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| Vacant | March 9, 1829 – October 19, 1829 |
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| 7 | Felix Grundy | Jacksonian | October 19, 1829 – July 4, 1838 |
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Elected to finish Eaton's term | |
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| Democratic | 23 | 8 | Re-elected in 1833 Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General |
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| Vacant | July 5, 1838 – September 16, 1838 |
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| 8 | Ephraim H. Foster | Whig | September 17, 1838 – March 3, 1839 |
Appointed to finish Grundy's term Re-elected but resigned to void disobeying instructions given him by the state legislature |
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| Vacant | March 3, 1839 – November 19, 1839 |
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| 9 | Felix Grundy | Democratic | November 19, 1839 – December 19, 1840 |
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Elected late in 1839 Died |
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| Vacant | December 19, 1840 – December 25, 1840 |
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| 10 | Alfred O. P. Nicholson | Democratic | December 25, 1840 – February 7, 1842 |
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Elected to finish Grundy's term |
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| Vacant | February 7, 1842 – October 17, 1843 |
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| 11 | Ephraim H. Foster | Whig | October 17, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
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Elected to finish Nicholson's term |
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| 12 | Hopkins L. Turney | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851 |
29 | 10 | Elected in 1844 |
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| 13 | James C. Jones | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1857 |
32 | 11 | Elected in 1850 |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1857 – October 8, 1857 |
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| 14 | Andrew Johnson | Democratic | October 8, 1857 – March 4, 1862 |
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Elected in 1856 Resigned |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1862 – July 24, 1866 |
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U.S. Civil War | |||
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| 15 | David T. Patterson | Unionist | July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1869 |
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Elected to finish vacant term Retired |
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| 16 | William G. Brownlow | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 |
41 | 14 | Elected in 1869 Retired |
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| 17 | Andrew Johnson | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – July 31, 1875 |
44 | 15 | Elected in 1875 Died |
| 18 | David M. Key | Democratic | August 18, 1875 – January 19, 1877 |
Appointed to continue Johnson's term Lost election to finish Johnson's term |
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| 19 | James E. Bailey | Democratic | January 19, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
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Elected to finish Johnson's term Lost re-election |
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| 20 | Howell Jackson | Democratic | March 4, 1881 – April 14, 1886 |
47 | 16 | Elected in 1881 Resigned to become U.S. Circuit Judge |
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| Vacant | April 14, 1886 – April 16, 1886 |
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| 21 | Washington C. Whitthorne | Democratic | April 16, 1886 – March 3, 1887 |
49 |
Appointed to continue Jackson's term Elected to finish Jackson's term |
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| 22 | William B. Bate | Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 9, 1905 |
50 | 17 | Elected in 1887 |
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| 53 | 18 | Re-elected in 1893 | ||||
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| 56 | 19 | Re-elected in 1899 | ||||
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| 59 | 20 | Re-elected in 1905 Died |
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| Vacant | March 10, 1905 – March 20, 1905 |
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| 23 | James B. Frazier | Democratic | March 21, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
59 |
Elected to finish Bate's term Lost re-election |
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| 24 | Luke Lea | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
62 | 21 | Elected in 1910 Lost renomination |
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| 25 | Kenneth McKellar | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1953 |
65 | 22 | Elected in 1916 |
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| 68 | 23 | Re-elected in 1922 | ||||
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| 71 | 24 | Re-elected in 1928 | ||||
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| 74 | 25 | Re-elected in 1934 | ||||
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| 77 | 26 | Re-elected in 1940 | ||||
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| 80 | 27 | Re-elected in 1946 Lost renomination |
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| 26 | Albert Gore, Sr. | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1971 |
83 | 28 | Elected in 1952 |
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| 86 | 29 | Re-elected in 1958 | ||||
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| 89 | 30 | Re-elected in 1964 Lost renomination |
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| 27 | Bill Brock | Republican | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
92 | 31 | Elected in 1970 Lost re-election |
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| 28 | Jim Sasser | Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1995 |
95 | 32 | Elected in 1976 |
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| 98 | 33 | Re-elected in 1982 | ||||
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| 101 | 34 | Re-elected in 1988 Lost re-election |
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| 29 | Bill Frist | Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007 |
104 | 35 | Elected in 1994 |
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| 107 | 36 | Re-elected in 2000 Retired |
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| 30 | Bob Corker | Republican | January 3, 2007 – Present |
110 | 37 | Elected in 2006 |
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