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The governor's term in office is limited by the Tennessee state constitution. The first constitution, enacted in 1796, set a term of two years for the governor and provided that no person could serve as governor for more than six years in any eight-year period. The term of office was lengthened to four years, without the possibility of consecutive terms, by constitutional amendments adopted in 1953. Under the current provisions of the state constitution, as amended in 1978, the governor is elected to a four-year term and may serve no more than two terms consecutively.
For a period of nearly five decades in the 20th century, the Tennessee Democratic Party held the Tennessee governorship continuously. However, since 1967 no two successive governors have belonged to the same party.
Governors of Tennessee
- 1st John Sevier
- 2nd Archibald Roane
- 3rd Willie Blount
- 4th Joseph McMinn
- 5th William Carroll
- 6th Sam Houston
- 7th William Hall
- 8th Newton Cannon
- 9th James K. Polk
- 10th James C. Jones
- 11th Aaron V. Brown
- 12th Neill S. Brown
- 13th William Trousdale
- 14th William B. Campbell
- 15th Andrew Johnson
- 16th Isham G. Harris
- 17th Edward H. East
- 18th William G. Brownlow
- 19th Dewitt Clinton Senter
- 20th John C. Brown
- 21st James D. Porter
- 22nd Albert S. Marks
- 23rd Alvin Hawkins
- 24th William B. Bate
- 25th Robert Love Taylor
- 26th Benton McMillin
- 27th James B. Frazier
- 28th John I. Cox
- 29th Malcolm R. Patterson
- 30th Ben W. Hooper
- 31st Tom C. Rye
- 32nd A. H. Roberts
- 33rd Alfred A. Taylor
- 34th Austin Peay
- 35th Henry Hollis Horton
- 36th Harry Hill McAlister
- 37th Gordon Browning
- 38th Prentice Cooper
- 39th Jim Nance McCord
- 40th Frank G. Clement
- 41st Buford Ellington
- 42nd Winfield Dunn
- 43rd Ray Blanton
- 44th Lamar Alexander
- 45th Ned McWherter
- 46th Don Sundquist
- 47th Phil Bredesen
- 48th Bill Haslam
List of governors of Tennessee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Tennessee