Tennessee's 5th Congressional District - List of Representatives

List of Representatives

Name Took Office Left Office Party District Residence Notes
District created March 4, 1813
Felix Grundy Mar 4, 1813 1814 Democratic-Republican Redistricted from the 3rd district, Resigned
Newton Cannon Sep 16, 1814 Mar 3, 1817 Democratic-Republican
Thomas Claiborne Mar 4, 1817 Mar 3, 1819 Democratic-Republican
Newton Cannon Mar 4, 1819 Mar 3, 1823 Democratic-Republican
Robert Allen Mar 4, 1823 Mar 3, 1825 Jacksonian D-R Redistricted from the 4th district
Mar 4, 1825 Mar 3, 1827 Jacksonian
Robert Desha Mar 4, 1827 Mar 3, 1831 Jacksonian Gallatin
William Hall Mar 4, 1831 Mar 3, 1833 Jacksonian Sumner County
John B. Forester Mar 4, 1833 Mar 3, 1835 Jacksonian
Mar 4, 1835 Mar 3, 1837 Anti-Jacksonian
Hopkins L. Turney Mar 4, 1837 Mar 3, 1843 Democratic Winchester
George Washington Jones Mar 4, 1843 Mar 3, 1853 Democratic Fayetteville Redistricted to the 6th district
Charles Ready Mar 4, 1853 Mar 3, 1855 Whig Murfreesboro
Mar 4, 1855 Mar 3, 1859 Know Nothing
Robert H. Hatton Mar 4, 1859 Mar 4, 1861 Opposition Lebanon
American Civil War
William B. Campbell Jul 24, 1866 Mar 3, 1867 Unionist Wilson County
John Trimble Mar 4, 1867 Mar 3, 1869 Republican Nashville
William F. Prosser Mar 4, 1869 Mar 3, 1871 Republican Nashville
Edward I. Golladay Mar 4, 1871 Mar 3, 1873 Democratic Lebanon
Horace Harrison Mar 4, 1873 Mar 3, 1875 Republican Nashville
John M. Bright Mar 4, 1875 Mar 3, 1881 Democratic Fayetteville Redistricted from the 4th district
Richard Warner Mar 4, 1881 Mar 3, 1885 Democratic Lewisburg
James D. Richardson Mar 4, 1885 Mar 3, 1905 Democratic Murfreesboro
William C. Houston Mar 4, 1905 Mar 3, 1919 Democratic Woodbury
Ewin L. Davis Mar 4, 1919 Mar 3, 1933 Democratic Tullahoma
Jo Byrns Mar 4, 1933 Jun 4, 1936 Democratic Nashville Redistricted from the 6th district, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935–1936, Died
Richard M. Atkinson Jan 3, 1937 Jan 3, 1939 Democratic Nashville
Jo Byrns, Jr. Jan 3, 1939 Jan 3, 1941 Democratic Nashville
Percy Priest Jan 3, 1941 Jan 3, 1943 Independent Democrat Nashville Redistricted to the 6th district
Jim Nance McCord Jan 3, 1943 Jan 3, 1945 Democratic Lewisburg
Harold Earthman Jan 3, 1945 Jan 3, 1947 Democratic Murfreesboro
Joe L. Evins Jan 3, 1947 Jan 3, 1953 Democratic Smithville Redistricted to the 4th district
Percy Priest Jan 3, 1953 Oct 12, 1956 Democratic Nashville Redistricted from the 6th district, Died
J. Carlton Loser Jan 3, 1957 Jan 3, 1963 Democratic Nashville
Richard Fulton Jan 3, 1963 Aug 14, 1975 Democratic Nashville Resigned after becoming Mayor of Nashville
Clifford Allen Nov 25, 1975 Jun 18, 1978 Democratic Nashville Died
Bill Boner Jan 3, 1979 Oct 5, 1987 Democratic Nashville Resigned after becoming Mayor of Nashville
Bob Clement Jan 19, 1988 Jan 3, 2003 Democratic Nashville
Jim Cooper Jan 3, 2003 Present Democratic Nashville

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