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Capital: Nashville State Nickname: Volunteer State State Bird: Mockingbird State Flower: Iris Admitted to the Union: June 1, 1796 | ||||
March 30, 1796 to September 23, 1801: |
John Sevier | |||
September 23, 1801 to September 23, 1803: |
Archibald Roane | |||
September 23, 1803 to September 20, 1809: |
John Sevier | |||
September 20, 1809 to September 27, 1815: |
Willie Blount |
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September 27, 1815 to October 1, 1821: |
Joseph McMinn | |||
October 1, 1821 to October 1, 1821: |
William Carroll | |||
October 1, 1827 to April 16, 1829: |
Sam Houston* | |||
* Resigned from office |
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April 16, 1829 to October 1, 1829: |
William Hall |
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October 1, 1829 to October 12, 1835: |
William Carroll | |||
October 12, 1825 to October 14, 1839: |
Newton Cannon | |||
October 14, 1839 to October 15, 1841: |
James K. Polk | |||
October 15, 1841 to October 14, 1845: |
James C. Jones |
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October 14, 1845 to October 17, 1847: |
Aaron V. Brown | |||
October 17, 1847 to October 16, 1849: |
Neill S.Brown | |||
October 16, 1849 to October 16, 1851: |
William Trousdale | |||
October 16, 1851 to October 17, 1853: |
William B. Campbell |
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October 17, 1853 to November 3, 1857: |
Andrew Johnson | |||
Nobember 3, 1857 ti March 12, 1862: |
Isham G. Harris | |||
March 12, 1862 to March 4, 1865: |
Andrew Johnson* | |||
* Appointed to office by President Lincoln |
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April 5, 1865 to October, 1867: |
William G. Brownlow* |
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* Resigned from office |
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October 11, 1867 to October 10, 1871: |
DeWitt Clinton Senter | |||
October 10, 1871 to January 18, 1875: |
John C. Brown | |||
January 18, 1875 to February 18, 1879: |
James D. Porter, Jr. | |||
February 16, 1879 to January 17, 1881: |
Albert S. Marks |
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January 17, 1881 to January 15, 1883: |
Alvin Hawkins | |||
January 15, 1883 to January 17, 1887: |
William B. Bate | |||
January 17, 1887 to January 19, 1891: |
Robert L. Taylor | |||
January 19, 1891 To January 16, 1893: |
John P. Buchanan |
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January 16, 1893 to January 21, 1897: |
Peter Turney | |||
January 21, 1897 to January 16, 1899: |
Robert L. Taylor | |||
January 16, 1899 to January 19, 1903: |
Benton McMillin | |||
January 19, 1903 to March 21, 1905: |
James B. Frazier* |
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* Resigned from office |
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March 21, 1905 to January 17, 1907: |
John L. Cox | |||
January 17, 1907 to January 26, 1911: |
Malcolm R. Patterson | |||
January 26, 1911 to January 17, 1915: |
Ben W. Cooper | |||
January 17, 1915 to January 15, 1919: |
Thomas C. Rye |
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January 15, 1919 to January 15, 1921: |
Albert H. Roberts | |||
January 15, 1921 to January 16, 1923: |
Alfred A. Taylor | |||
January 16, 1923 to October 2, 1927: |
Austin Peay* | |||
* Died in office |
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October 3, 1927 to January 17, 1933: |
Henry H. Horton |
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January 17, 1933 to January 15, 1937: |
Hill McAilster | |||
January 15, 1937 to January 16, 1939: |
Gordon Browning | |||
January 16, 1939 to January 16, 1945: |
Prentice Cooper | |||
January 16, 1945 to January 17, 1949: |
James N. McCord |
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January 17, 1949 to January 15, 1953: |
Gordon Browning | |||
January 15, 1953 to January 19, 1959: |
Frank G. Clement | |||
January 19, 1959 to January 15, 1963: |
Buford Ellington | |||
January 15, 1963 to January 16, 1967: |
Frank G. Clement |
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January 16, 1967 to January 16, 1971: |
Buford Ellington | |||
January 16, 1971 to January 18, 1975: |
Winfield Dunn | |||
January 18, 1975 to January 17, 1979: |
Ray Blanton | |||
January 17, 1979 to January 17, 1987: |
Lamar Alexander |
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January 17, 1987 to January 21, 1995: |
Ned Ray McWherter | |||
January 21, 1995 to January 18, 2003: |
Donald Kenneth Sundquist | |||
January 18, 2003 – |
Phil Bredesen | |||
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Tennessee Waltz Written by Redd Stewart Composed by Pee Wee King I was waltzing with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Tennesee actually has FIVE official state songs. They are: | ||||
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1800: 105,602 |
1810: 261,727 | |||
1820: 422,813 |
1830: 681,904 | |||
1840: 829,210 |
1850: 1,002,717 | |||
1860: 1,109,801 |
1870: 1,258,520 | |||
1880: 1,542,359 |
1890: 1,767,518 | |||
1900: 2,020,616 |
1910: 2,184,789 | |||
1920: 2,337,885 |
1930: 2,616,556 | |||
1940: 2,915,841 |
1950: 3,291,718 | |||
1960: 3,566,949 |
1970: 3,926,018 | |||
1980: 4,591,120 |
1990: 4,877,189 | |||
2000: 5,689,262 |
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 State Capitol Building 1907 | ||||
