In 1790, after North Carolina had ceded its western lands to the Federal
governement, the Territory of the United States South of the Ohio River was
organized. In 1796 it became the U.S. State of Tennessee.
____________________________________________________________________________
STATE OFFICERS
Governors
1869 - 1871 DeWitt Clinton Senter 1830 - 1898
1871 - 1875 John Calvin Brown 1827 - 1889
1875 - 1879 James Davis Porter Jr. 1828 - 1912
1879 - 1881 Albert Smith Marks 1836 - 1891
1881 - 1883 Alvin Hawkins 1821 - 1905
1883 - 1887 William Brimage Bate 1826 - 1905
1887 - 1891 Robert Love Taylor 1850 - 1912
1891 - 1893 John Price Buchanan 1847 - 1930
1893 - 1897 Peter Turney 1827 - 1903
1897 - 1899 Robert Love Taylor (2x)
1899 - 1903 Benton McMillin 1845 - 1933
1903 - 1905 James Beriah Frazier 1856 - 1937
1905 - 1907 John Isaac Cox 1855 - 1946
1907 - 1911 Malcolm Rice Patterson 1861 - 1935
1911 - 1915 Ben Walker Hooper 1870 - 1957
1915 - 1919 Thomas Clark Rye 1863 - 1953
1919 - 1921 Albert Houston Roberts 1868 - 1946
1921 - 1923 Alfred Alexander Taylor 1848 - 1931
1923 - 1927 Austin Peay IV 1876 - 1927
1927 - 1933 Henry Hollis Horton 1866 - 1934
1933 - 1937 Harry Hill McAlister 1875 - 1959
1937 - 1939 Gordon Weaver Browning 1889 - 1976
1939 - 1945 Prentice Cooper 1895 - 1969
1945 - 1949 Jim Nance McCord 1879 - 1968
HOMEINDEX
