Executive Branch of Tennessee
Southwest Territory
Governor of the Southwest Territory
William Blount
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1749; d. March 21 1800.
Non-Partisan
1790 – 1796
Tennessee
Governor of Tennessee
John Sevier
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1745; d. September 24 1815.
Democratic-Republican Party
1796 – 1801
Archibald Roane
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1759/1760; d. January 18 1819.
Democratic-Republican Party
1801 – 1803
John Sevier
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1745; d. September 24 1815.
Democratic-Republican Party
1803 – 1809
Willie Blount
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1768; d. September 10 1835.
Democratic-Republican Party
1809 – 1815
William Carroll
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1788; d. March 22 1844.
Democratic-Republican Party
1821 – 1827
Samuel “Sam” Houston
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1793; d. July 26 1863.
Democratic-Republican Party
1827 – 1829
William Carroll
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1788; d. March 22 1844.
Democratic Party
1829 – 1835
Newton Cannon
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1781; d. September 16 1841.
Whig Party
1835 – 1839
James Knox Polk
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 2 1795; d. June 15 1849.
Democratic Party
1839 – 1841
James Chamberlain Jones
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1809; d. October 29 1859.
Whig Party
1841 – 1845
Aaron Venable Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1795; d. March 8 1859.
Democratic Party
1845 – 1847
William Trousdale
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1790; d. March 27 1872.
Democratic Party
1849 – 1851
Nathaniel Green Taylor
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1819; d. April 1 1887.
Whig Party
1851 – 1853
Andrew Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1808; d. July 31 1875.
Democratic Party
1853 – 1857
Speaker of the Tennessee Senate
James Winchester
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1752; d. July 26 1826.
Democratic-Republican Party
1796 – 1797
William Blount
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1749; d. March 21 1800.
Democratic-Republican Party
1798 – 1799
US Military Occupation
Military Governor of Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1808; d. July 31 1875.
Non-Partisan
1862 – 1865
Edward Hazzard East (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1830; d. November 12 1904.
Non-Partisan
1865
Tennessee
Governor of Tennessee
William Gannaway “Parson” Brownlow
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1805; d. April 29 1877.
Republican Party
1865 – 1869
William Edward “Bill” Haslam
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1958.
Republican Party
2011 – 2019
Government of Tennesssee
Secretary of State of Tennessee
Edward Hazzard East
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1830; d. November 12 1904.
Non-Partisan
1862 – 1865
Legislature of Tennessee
Tennessee House of Representatives
Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
John Alexander Cocke
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1772; d. February 16 1854.
Democratic-Republican Party
1811 – 1813
John Alexander Cocke
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1772; d. February 16 1854.
Democratic Party
1837 – 1839
Brookins Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1808; d. December 25 1853.
Democratic Party
1845 – 1847
Landon Carter Haynes
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1816; d. February 17 1875.
Democratic Party
1849 – 1851