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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">John Tanner</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:John_tanner_TN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/John_tanner_TN.jpg/220px-John_tanner_TN.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/John_tanner_TN.jpg/330px-John_tanner_TN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/John_tanner_TN.jpg/440px-John_tanner_TN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1515" data-file-height="1959" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Tennessee08 !"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 8th congressional district">8th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Jones_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Ed Jones (Tennessee politician)">Ed Jones</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Fincher" title="Stephen Fincher">Stephen Fincher</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of the <a href="/wiki/NATO_Parliamentary_Assembly" title="NATO Parliamentary Assembly">NATO Parliamentary Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 18, 2008 – November 16, 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Lello" title="José Lello">José Lello</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karl_A._Lamers" title="Karl A. Lamers">Karl A. Lamers</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives" title="Tennessee House of Representatives">Tennessee House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 77th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 4, 1977 – January 13, 1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Larry Bates</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Phillip E. Pinion</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John Sumners Tanner</div><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-09-22</span>) </span>September 22, 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Halls,_Tennessee" title="Halls, Tennessee">Halls, Tennessee</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Betty Ann Tanner</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee, Knoxville</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="520" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/43px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1968–1972 (Active)<br />1974–2000 (Reserve)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Sumners Tanner</b> (born September 22, 1944) is a former American politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. representative</a> for <span data-sort-value="Tennessee08 !"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 8th congressional district">Tennessee's 8th congressional district</a></span>, serving from 1989 until 2011. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>. Since his retirement, Tanner has served as the Vice Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Prime_Policy_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Policy Group">Prime Policy Group</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education,_and_early_political_career"><span id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_early_political_career"></span>Early life, education, and early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Tanner_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tanner was born in <a href="/wiki/Halls,_Tennessee" title="Halls, Tennessee">Halls, Tennessee</a>, the son of Edith Adell (Sumners) and Emerson Beck "Buzz" Tanner.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Union_City,_Tennessee" title="Union City, Tennessee">Union City, Tennessee</a>. Following graduation from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a>, he served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> from 1968 to 1972. He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives" title="Tennessee House of Representatives">Tennessee House of Representatives</a> as a <a href="/wiki/U.S._Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Democratic Party">Democrat</a> in 1976, replacing Larry Bates, who mounted an unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a> challenge against U.S. Congressman <a href="/wiki/Ed_Jones_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Ed Jones (Tennessee politician)">Ed Jones</a>. </p><p>Tanner received much of his knowledge of politics as a youth from his father E.B. "Buzz" Tanner who was successful in the financial and insurance business. He became a member of a highly political and influential law firm out of law school in his home town community and soon ran for office as a state legislator in the House of Representatives. He was also a relative of then House Speaker Ned McWherter, who later was elected governor twice and was an extremely powerful political force in the state, having friends on both sides of the political aisle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Tanner_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Tanner_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Jones retired in 1988, Tanner won the Democratic nomination for the seat and handily defeated <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> nominee <a href="/wiki/Ed_Bryant" title="Ed Bryant">Ed Bryant</a>, who went on to represent the neighboring 7th District from 1995 to 2003. Tanner was reelected in 1990 with no major-party opposition, a feat he repeated in 1992. In 1998, he was completely unopposed. He handily defeated Republican opponents in 1994 (the only time besides his initial election that he faced a serious or well-funded challenger), 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006. In 2004 and 2008, he faced <a href="/wiki/James_L._Hart" title="James L. Hart">James L. Hart</a>, an avowed <a href="/wiki/Eugenics" title="Eugenics">eugenicist</a>. On both occasions, Hart was disavowed by the state Republican Party. </p><p>Tanner announced on December 1, 2009, that he would not seek re-election in 2010 and would retire after 11 terms in Congress. State Senator <a href="/wiki/Roy_Herron" title="Roy Herron">Roy Herron</a> gave up his gubernatorial bid and ran for Tanner's congressional seat.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he only tallied 39.8 percent of the vote against Republican farmer <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Fincher" title="Stephen Fincher">Stephen Fincher</a>. Indeed, no Democrat running in the district has cracked the 40 percent mark since Tanner left office. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Tanner_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a Congressman, Tanner sponsored a bill to repeal the <a href="/wiki/Inheritance_tax" title="Inheritance tax">inheritance tax</a> (which was <a href="/wiki/Veto" title="Veto">vetoed</a> by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Clinton</a>) and he is in favor of a balanced budget. It is reported that Tanner could have been appointed to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> by <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">governor of Tennessee</a> <a href="/wiki/Ned_McWherter" title="Ned McWherter">Ned McWherter</a> in 1992 to replace <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> but he declined the offer, and <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Mathews" title="Harlan Mathews">Harlan Mathews</a> was appointed as a <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_government#Caretakers" title="Caretaker government">caretaker</a> instead. Tanner was a founder of the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Dog_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Dog Democrats">Blue Dog Democrats</a> and has denied rumors that he might switch parties, and has an earned reputation as a <a href="/wiki/Moderate" class="mw-redirect" title="Moderate">moderate</a>. Tanner gained notoriety during the <a href="/wiki/Clinton%E2%80%93Lewinsky_scandal" title="Clinton–Lewinsky scandal">Clinton–Lewinsky scandal</a> when it was revealed in the <a href="/wiki/Starr_Report" title="Starr Report">Starr Report</a> that Clinton was receiving <a href="/wiki/Fellatio" title="Fellatio">fellatio</a> from <a href="/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky" title="Monica Lewinsky">Monica Lewinsky</a> while on the phone with Tanner on November 15, 1995, between 9:31pm and 9:35pm.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tanner favored balancing the federal budget and paying down the national debt. He was a strong opponent of the fiscal policies of President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, voting against many of the tax cuts passed during his terms; yet, he was one of 43 Democrats to vote to repeal the estate tax in 2006. Tanner was one of the few Democrats in the House to vote in favor of CAFTA and has long distanced himself from the majority of his party on issues such as bankruptcy law and lawsuit reform. </p><p>He voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment, the ban on "partial-birth" abortions, limiting death penalty appeals, and has voted against most gun control measures. On other issues he had a more liberal voting record. He often voted with his party on separation of church and states issues, and consistently voted against the Flag Desecration Amendment. Tanner voted with the majority of his party to expand <a href="/wiki/Stem_cell_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Stem cell research">stem cell research</a> and against renewing the controversial portions of the <a href="/wiki/Patriot_Act" title="Patriot Act">Patriot Act</a>. He also supported <a href="/wiki/Affirmative_action" title="Affirmative action">affirmative action</a> and <a href="/wiki/Public_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Public education">public education</a>. Tanner was firmly opposed to Bush's attempt to reform <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States)" title="Social Security (United States)">Social Security</a>. </p><p>In 2004, Congressman Tanner made a brief but unintended cameo appearance alongside <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore">Michael Moore</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11" title="Fahrenheit 9/11">Fahrenheit 9/11</a></i>, where Moore was trying to get Congressmen to have their children enlist in the Military to go to Iraq. </p><p>He drafted a bill that would require special bipartisan commissions rather than state legislatures to redraw congressional districts when necessary due to U.S. Census count changes. It is generally believed that this bill was a response to Republican-inspired mid-decade redistricting in <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> and recent similar efforts in <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>. </p><p>After both his district and state chose the former first lady,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Congressman Tanner endorsed Senator <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>'s presidential campaign in April 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Tanner_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">Committee on Foreign Affairs</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Foreign_Affairs_Subcommittee_on_Europe" title="United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe">Subcommittee on Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Foreign_Affairs_Subcommittee_on_the_Western_Hemisphere" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere">Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" title="United States House Committee on Ways and Means">Committee on Ways and Means</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Trade" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade">Subcommittee on Trade</a> (Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Social_Security" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security">Subcommittee on Social Security</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-congressional_career">Post-congressional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Tanner_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-congressional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He currently works for Nashville law firm Miller & Martin and the Prime Policy Group, a lobbying firm.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became chairman of the <a href="/wiki/International_Conservation_Caucus_Foundation" title="International Conservation Caucus Foundation">International Conservation Caucus Foundation</a>, a non-profit group that advocates U.S. leadership in conservation programs globally, in fall of 2011. </p><p>Tanner is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of <a href="/wiki/Issue_One" title="Issue One">Issue One</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also serves on the board of directors of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_a_Responsible_Federal_Budget" title="Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget">Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Tanner_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is married to Betty Ann Tanner and has two children.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Tanner_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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id="Tennessee&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_101st–111th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)199" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>'s delegation(s) to the 101st–111th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congresses</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/101st_United_States_Congress" title="101st United States Congress">101st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sasser" title="Jim Sasser">J. Sasser</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">A. Gore Jr.</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">J. Quillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr." title="Harold Ford Sr.">H. Ford Sr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Lloyd" title="Marilyn Lloyd">M. Lloyd</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cooper" title="Jim Cooper">J. Cooper</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">D. Sundquist</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Clement" title="Bob Clement">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/102nd_United_States_Congress" title="102nd United States Congress">102nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sasser" title="Jim Sasser">J. Sasser</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">A. Gore Jr.</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">J. Quillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr." title="Harold Ford Sr.">H. Ford Sr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Lloyd" title="Marilyn Lloyd">M. Lloyd</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cooper" title="Jim Cooper">J. Cooper</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">D. Sundquist</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Clement" title="Bob Clement">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/103rd_United_States_Congress" title="103rd United States Congress">103rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sasser" title="Jim Sasser">J. Sasser</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Mathews" title="Harlan Mathews">H. Mathews</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">J. Quillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr." title="Harold Ford Sr.">H. Ford Sr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Lloyd" title="Marilyn Lloyd">M. Lloyd</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cooper" title="Jim Cooper">J. Cooper</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">D. Sundquist</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Clement" title="Bob Clement">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/104th_United_States_Congress" title="104th United States Congress">104th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">F. Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">B. Frist</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">J. Quillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr." title="Harold Ford Sr.">H. Ford Sr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Clement" title="Bob Clement">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Bryant" title="Ed Bryant">E. Bryant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Van_Hilleary" title="Van Hilleary">V. Hilleary</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Zach_Wamp" title="Zach Wamp">Z. Wamp</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/105th_United_States_Congress" title="105th United States Congress">105th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">F. Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">B. Frist</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Clement" title="Bob Clement">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Bryant" title="Ed Bryant">E. Bryant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Van_Hilleary" title="Van Hilleary">V. Hilleary</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Zach_Wamp" title="Zach Wamp">Z. Wamp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Jr." title="Harold Ford Jr.">H. Ford Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Jenkins_(politician)" title="Bill Jenkins (politician)">W. Jenkins</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress" title="106th United States Congress">106th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">F. Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">B. Frist</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Clement" title="Bob Clement">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Bryant" title="Ed Bryant">E. Bryant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Van_Hilleary" title="Van Hilleary">V. Hilleary</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Zach_Wamp" title="Zach Wamp">Z. Wamp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Jr." title="Harold Ford Jr.">H. Ford Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Jenkins_(politician)" title="Bill Jenkins (politician)">W. Jenkins</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">F. Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">B. Frist</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Clement" title="Bob Clement">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. 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Alexander</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Zach_Wamp" title="Zach Wamp">Z. 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