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href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 1st congressional district">1st</a> 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, 1997 – January 3, 2007</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/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">Jimmy Quillen</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/David_Davis_(Tennessee_politician)" title="David Davis (Tennessee politician)">David Davis</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;">75th <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Tennessee_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives">Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1969 – May 1970</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Buford_Ellington" title="Buford Ellington">Buford Ellington</a></td></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/James_H._Cummings" title="James H. Cummings">James H. Cummings</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="/w/index.php?title=James_R._McKinney&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James R. McKinney (page does not exist)">James R. McKinney</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<br /><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives" title="Tennessee House of Representatives">Tennessee House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1963 – May 1970</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="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_S._Moles_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hugh S. Moles (politician) (page does not exist)">Hugh S. Moles</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="/w/index.php?title=Bruce_Hurley_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bruce Hurley (politician) (page does not exist)">Bruce Hurley</a></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"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1936-11-29</span>) </span>November 29, 1936<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 87)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Kathryn Jenkins</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Rogersville,_Tennessee" title="Rogersville, Tennessee">Rogersville, Tennessee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Technological_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee Technological University">Tennessee Technological University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Business_Administration" title="Bachelor of Business Administration">BBA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">attorney, farmer</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Lewis Jenkins</b> (born November 29, 1936) is an <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States" title="Politics of the United States">American politician</a> from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>. He represented the state's <a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 1st congressional district">1st Congressional district</a>, centered on the <a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Tennessee" title="Tri-Cities, Tennessee">Tri-Cities</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050405050601/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tn01_109.gif">map</a>), from 1997 until his successor was sworn in on January 3, 2007. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_education">Background and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Jenkins_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jenkins was born in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a>, to parents from <a href="/wiki/Rogersville,_Tennessee" title="Rogersville, Tennessee">Rogersville, Tennessee</a>. He is a seventh-generation Tennessean. He served in the United States Army from 1959 to 1960,<sup id="cite_ref-navyleague_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navyleague-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Tech" title="Tennessee Tech">Tennessee Tech</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_College_of_Law" title="University of Tennessee College of Law">University of Tennessee College of Law</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Jenkins_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jenkins was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_General_Assembly" title="Tennessee General Assembly">Tennessee General Assembly</a> as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> in 1962 and he served as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker of the House</a> from 1969 to 1971—the first Republican to hold that position since a few years after <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a>, and the last one until <a href="/wiki/Kent_Williams_(politician)" title="Kent Williams (politician)">Kent Williams</a> in 2009. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Tennessee">Governor of Tennessee</a> in 1970, was a <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Commissioner_of_Environment_and_Conservation" title="Tennessee Commissioner of Environment and Conservation">Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Conservation</a>, serving in the Cabinet of <a href="/wiki/Winfield_Dunn" title="Winfield Dunn">Winfield Dunn</a>,<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> and according to his website biography, he was a senior policy advisor on energy and legislative issues for Governor <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Lamar Alexander</a>.<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>Jenkins was the only Republican to serve as Speaker of the Tennessee House in the 20th century. He was also one of the youngest persons to ever hold the office. </p><p>Jenkins served on the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board of directors</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority" title="Tennessee Valley Authority">Tennessee Valley Authority</a> from 1971 to 1978, and he was a circuit court judge for Tennessee's Third Judicial District from 1990 to 1996. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Running_for_Congress">Running for Congress</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Jenkins_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Running for Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Jenkins.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Bill_Jenkins.jpg" decoding="async" width="167" height="177" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="167" data-file-height="177" /></a><figcaption>Jenkins' official congressional portrait</figcaption></figure> <p>On May 10, 1996, he resigned his judgeship to run for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> from the First Congressional District after 17-term incumbent <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">Jimmy Quillen</a> announced his retirement. </p><p>The 12-way <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary election</a> was watched very closely in Tennessee Republican circles, as the district is so heavily Republican that whoever won the primary was all but assured of being the district's next congressman. The First District has been in Republican hands for all but four years since 1859. </p><p>Although Jenkins did not secure Quillen's endorsement for the primary, he narrowly won with 18% of the vote and breezed to election in November. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reelection_and_legislation">Reelection and legislation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Jenkins_(politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reelection and legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was reelected four times without serious opposition, and ran unopposed in 2000 and 2002. He won a fifth term in 2004 with 74% of the vote. </p><p>Jenkins kept a relatively low profile in Congress in contrast to Quillen and <a href="/wiki/B._Carroll_Reece" title="B. Carroll Reece">B. Carroll Reece</a>, who between them represented the 1st District for all but seven of the 76 years before Jenkins won the seat. His voting record was reliably <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservative</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Best_bass_fisherman_in_Congress">Best bass fisherman in Congress</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Jenkins_(politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Best bass fisherman in Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As seen on <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>: "After the final cast was made, however, bragging rights for the title of "best bass fishermen in Congress" went to U.S. Representative Bill Jenkins (R-TN), who teamed up with BASS Elite Series pro <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Wolak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Wolak (page does not exist)">Dave Wolak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toyota" title="Toyota">Toyota</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Ing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charlie Ing (page does not exist)">Charlie Ing</a> to finish with five bass weighing 18 pounds, 9 ounces. </p><p>Fittingly, the 70-year-old legislator from Tennessee also posted the largest fish of the event, a 4 ½-pound largemouth that he caught in <a href="/wiki/Mattawoman_Creek" title="Mattawoman Creek">Mattawoman Creek</a>, a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement">Retirement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Jenkins_(politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 15, 2006, Jenkins announced that he would not run for a sixth term. He said that he wanted to spend more time with his family since he turned 70 that November. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Jenkins_(politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_108th_United_States_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the 108th United States Congress">List of members of the 108th United States Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogersville,_Tennessee#Famous_Persons_from_Rogersville" title="Rogersville, Tennessee">Rogersville, Tennessee</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Jenkins_(politician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"> <caption><span data-sort-value="Tennessee01 !"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 1st congressional district">Tennessee's 1st congressional district</a></span>: Results 1996–2004<sup id="cite_ref-clerkresults_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clerkresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th> </th> <th>Democrat </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>Republican </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>Independent </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>Independent </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_election,_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House election, 1996">1996</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Kay C. Smith </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">58,657 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="nowrap"><b>William L. Jenkins</b></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">117,676 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">65% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Dave Davis </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1,947 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">James B. Taylor </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1,089 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1% </td> <td><b>*</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_election,_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House election, 1998">1998</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Kay C. White </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">30,710 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>William L. Jenkins</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">68,904 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">69% </td> <td><b>*</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_election,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House election, 2000">2000</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i>(no candidate)</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right"> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>William L. Jenkins</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">157,828 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">100% </td> <td><b>*</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_election,_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House election, 2002">2002</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i>(no candidate)</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right"> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>William L. Jenkins</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">127,300 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">99% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-ins</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1,586 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_election,_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House election, 2004">2004</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span class="nowrap">Graham Leonard</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">56,361 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>William L. Jenkins</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">172,543 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">74% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Ralph J. Ball </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">3,061 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Michael Peavler </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1,595 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1% </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style="">Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1996, Bill Bull Durham received 885 votes; John Curtis received 621 votes; Mike Fugate received 440 votes; Paul Schmidt received 367 votes; and write-ins received 26 votes. 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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. 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