Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee

second-highest constitutional office in the U.S. state of Tennessee

The Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate of Tennessee is the presiding officer of the Tennessee Senate[1] and first in line in the succession to the office of Governor of Tennessee in the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office through impeachment and conviction of the Governor of the State of Tennessee.

Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee
Incumbent
Randy McNally

since January 10, 2017
TypeLieutenant Governor
Member ofTennessee Senate
Salary$48,500
Parties

  Democratic   Republican

Lieutenant Governors of the State of Tennessee
Order Name Term Party Governor(s) served under Life
1 Dorsey B. Thomas 1869–1871 Democratic None 1823–1897
2 John C. Vaughn 1871–1873 Democratic 1824–1875
3 A. T. Lacey 1873–1875 Democratic 1821–1878
4 Thomas H. Paine 1875–1877 Democratic 1836–1903
5 Hugh M. McAdoo 1877–1879 Democratic 1838–1894
6 John R. Neal 1879–1881 Democratic 1836–1889
7 George H. Morgan 1881–1883 Democratic 1841–1900
8 Benjamin F. Alexander 1883–1885 Democratic 1849–1911
9 Cabell R. Berry 1885–1887 Democratic 1848–1910
10 Z. W. Ewing 1887–1889 Democratic 1843–1909
11 Benjamin J. Lea 1889–1891 Democratic 1833–1894
12 William C. Dismukes 1891–1895 Democratic 1850–1903
13 Ernest Pillow 1895–1897 Democratic 1856–1904
14 John Thompson 1897–1899 Democratic 1852–1919
15 Seid Waddell 1899–1901 Democratic 1849–1921
16 Newton H. White 1901–1903 Democratic 1860–1931
17 E. T. Seay 1903–1905 Democratic 1868-1941
18 John I. Cox 1905 Democratic 1855–1946
19 Ernest Rice 1905–1907 Democratic 1872-1950
20 E. G. Tollett 1907–1909 Democratic 1864–1926
21 William Kinney 1909–1911 Democratic 1863–1928
22 Nathaniel Baxter, Jr. 1911–1913 Democratic 1844–1913
23 Newton H. White 1913–1915 Democratic 1860–1931
24 Hugh C. Anderson 1915 Democratic 1851–1915
25 Albert E. Hill 1915–1917 Democratic 1870–1933
26 W. R. Crabtree 1917–1919 Democratic 1867–1920
27 Andrew L. Todd Sr. 1919–1921 Democratic 1872–1945
28 William West Bond 1921–1923 Democratic 1884–1975
29 Eugene J. Bryan 1923–1925 Democratic 1888–1958
30 Lucius D. Hill 1925–1927 Democratic 1856–1933
31 Henry Hollis Horton 1927 Democratic 1866–1934
32 Sam R. Bratton 1929–1931 Democratic 1864–1936
33 Scott Fitzhugh 1931 Democratic 1888–1956
34 Ambrose B. Broadbent 1931–1933 Democratic 1885–1952
35 Albert F. Officer 1933–1935 Democratic 1899–1965
36 William P. Moss 1935–1936 Democratic 1897–1985
37 Bryan Pope 1936–1939 Democratic 1893–1973
38 Blan R. Maxwell 1939–1943 Democratic 1899–1943
39 Joseph H. Ballew 1943–1945 Democratic 1886–1972
40 Larry Morgan 1945–1947 Democratic 1896–1965
41 George Oliver Benton 1947–1949 Democratic 1915–2001
42 Walter M. Haynes 1949–1953 Democratic Gordon Browning 1897–1967
43 Jared Maddux 1953–1959 Democratic Frank G. Clement 1912–1971
44 William D. Baird 1959–1962 Democratic Buford Ellington 1906–1987
45 James L. Bomar, Jr. 1963–1965 Democratic Frank G. Clement 1914–2001
46 Jared Maddux 1965–1967 Democratic Frank G. Clement 1912–1971
47 Frank Gorrell 1967–1971 Democratic Buford Ellington 1927–1994
48 John S. Wilder 1971–2007 Democratic Winfield Dunn
Ray Blanton
Lamar Alexander
Ned McWherter
Don Sundquist
Phil Bredesen
1921–2010
49 Ron Ramsey 2007–2017 Republican Phil Bredesen
Bill Haslam
b. 1955
50 Randy McNally 2017–present Republican Bill Haslam
Bill Lee
b. 1944

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