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.infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .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"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;">Governor of Tennessee</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px var( --border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1 );"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Tennessee.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Seal_of_Tennessee.svg/110px-Seal_of_Tennessee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Seal_of_Tennessee.svg/165px-Seal_of_Tennessee.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Seal_of_Tennessee.svg/220px-Seal_of_Tennessee.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="715" data-file-height="718" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Tennessee" title="Seal of Tennessee">State seal</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px var( --border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1 );"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Governor_of_Tennessee.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Governor_of_Tennessee.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Governor_of_Tennessee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Governor_of_Tennessee.svg/250px-Flag_of_the_Governor_of_Tennessee.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="344" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Flag of the governor</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px var( --border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1 ); line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Lee_at_Change_of_Command_Ceremony_(1)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Bill_Lee_at_Change_of_Command_Ceremony_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Bill_Lee_at_Change_of_Command_Ceremony_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Bill_Lee_at_Change_of_Command_Ceremony_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Bill_Lee_at_Change_of_Command_Ceremony_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Bill_Lee_at_Change_of_Command_Ceremony_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Bill_Lee_at_Change_of_Command_Ceremony_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1014" data-file-height="1353" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Bill Lee</a><br /></div>since January 19, 2019</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Tennessee" title="Government of Tennessee">Government of Tennessee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">Governor</a> (informal)</li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable#United_States_of_America" title="The Honourable">The Honorable</a> (formal)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">Head of state</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">Head of government</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Governor%27s_Mansion" title="Tennessee Governor's Mansion">Tennessee Governor's Mansion</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Four years, renewable once consecutively</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Tennessee#1796_constitution" title="Constitution of Tennessee">Tennessee Constitution of 1796</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Sevier" title="John Sevier">John Sevier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">March 30, 1796<span class="noprint"><br />(229 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1796-03-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gubernatorial_lines_of_succession_in_the_United_States#Tennessee" title="Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States">Line of succession</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee">Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee</a> (The Speaker of the Senate holds the title and succession)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data">$204,336 (2022)<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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tn.gov/governor/">Official website</a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5589724#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>governor of Tennessee</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a> of the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> and the commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state's</a> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Military_Department" title="Tennessee Military Department">military forces</a>. The governor is the only official in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Tennessee" title="Government of Tennessee">Tennessee state government</a> who is directly elected by the voters of the entire state. </p><p>The current governor is <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Bill Lee</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Republican_Party" title="Tennessee Republican Party">Republican Party</a>, who took office on January 19, 2019, as the state's 50th governor. He was re-elected to serve a second term in <a href="/wiki/2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election">2022</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualifications">Qualifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Qualifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Tennessee" title="Constitution of Tennessee">Tennessee Constitution</a> provides that the governor must be at least 30 years old and must have lived in the state for at least seven years before being elected to the office. The governor is elected to a four-year term and may serve no more than two terms consecutively.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsSchebStair_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsSchebStair-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are only two other U.S. states, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, where the governor is the only state official to be elected statewide.<sup id="cite_ref-EveryoneRunning_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EveryoneRunning-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Powers_and_duties">Powers and duties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Powers and duties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Tennessee Constitution provides that "The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a governor."<sup id="cite_ref-bluebookGov_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bluebookGov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most state department heads and some members of boards and commissions are appointed by the governor.<sup id="cite_ref-bluebookGov_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bluebookGov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The governor is the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> of the state's <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Guard" title="Tennessee State Guard">National Guard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Military_Department" title="Tennessee Military Department">state militia</a>, except when they have been called into federal service.<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> The governor chairs the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Board_of_Regents" title="Tennessee Board of Regents">Tennessee Board of Regents</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_system" title="University of Tennessee system">University of Tennessee's</a> Board of Trustees, and holds seats on the State Funding Board, State Building Commission, Board of Equalization, Tennessee Local Development Authority, School Bond Authority, and Tennessee Industrial and Agricultural Development Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-bluebookGov_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bluebookGov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Constitution grants the governor the power to <a href="/wiki/Veto" title="Veto">veto</a> laws passed by the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_General_Assembly" title="Tennessee General Assembly">Tennessee General Assembly</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Line-item_veto" title="Line-item veto">line-item veto</a> authority for individual spending items included in bills passed by the legislature. In either situation, the governor's veto can be overridden by a <a href="/wiki/Majority" title="Majority">simple majority</a> of both houses of the legislature. If a governor exercises the veto authority after the legislature has adjourned, the veto stands.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsSchebStair_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsSchebStair-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is uncommon for Tennessee governors to use their veto power, likely because it is relatively easy for the General Assembly to override a veto.<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> </p><p>Article III Section 9 of the state constitution empowers the governor to call the General Assembly into special session, with the subjects to be considered limited to matters specified in the proclamation.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsSchebStair_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsSchebStair-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nominations_of_justices">Nominations of justices</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Nominations of justices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the state of Tennessee, one of the powers of the governor is to appoint justices to the state, local, and appellate courts through a system known as the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Plan" title="Tennessee Plan">Tennessee Plan</a>. The process includes nominees being vetted by a judicial nomination commission before being appointed.<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> After their initial term, judges are required to run in a retention election to determine if they will serve another term in the courts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cabinet_appointments">Cabinet appointments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cabinet appointments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Governor%27s_Cabinet" title="Tennessee Governor's Cabinet">Tennessee Governor's Cabinet</a> is made up of seven key staff members and 23 Executive Departments. Key staff members include Chief Operating Manager, Chief of Staff, Special Assistant, Senior Adviser, Communications Director, Policy Director, and Deputy to the Governor. The Executive Department cabinet includes Commissioners of Agriculture, Commerce, Correction, Developmental Disability, Education, Environment, General Services, Health, Finance, Labor, among others.<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><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> Most executive department positions are chosen by the governor, but some like secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, and lieutenant governor are chosen by popular statewide elections with limited input from the governor.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State comptrollers and department heads are typically chosen by panels or commissions independent of gubernatorial interference, the most common chosen in this way across the United States being the head of Education, Natural Resources, Labor, and high Education boards.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before being inaugurated as governor, then Governor-elect <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Bill Lee</a> announced two appointments: Maj. Gen. Jeff Holmes for the Department of Military and Ret. Lt. Col. Courtney Rogers for the Department of Veterans Services.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early January, Governor <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Bill Lee</a> announced three new cabinet appointments: Dr. <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Piercey" title="Lisa Piercey">Lisa Piercey</a> to the Department of Health, Brad Turner to the Department of Developmental Disability, and Christi Branscom to the Department of General Services.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with announcing new cabinet members, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Bill Lee</a> also announced a new website where Tennesseans can apply to work in the administration and check on policy issues called <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://transition.billlee.com">Bill Lee Transition</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_of_the_State_address">State of the State address</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: State of the State address"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Article III Section 11 of the Tennessee Constitution provides that the governor shall, "from time to time, give to the General Assembly information of the state of the government, and recommend for their consideration such measures as he shall judge expedient." </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/State_of_the_State_address" title="State of the State address">State of the State address</a> is typically delivered in January at the beginning of the General Assembly's session and is used to outline priorities and a legislative agenda for the coming legislative session, especially for a new administration. </p><p> For example, in his first State of the State speech in 2019 Bill Lee announced his plan to add more funds to the state's rainy day fund:</p><blockquote><p>"As our state continues to grow, we are committed to remaining among the most fiscally sound and best managed states in America. We live in prosperous days, but it's precisely during these times when we must build up our storehouses for when times may not be as good. For that reason, I am particularly proud of this: in my budget, we are making the largest single contribution to our Rainy Day Fund in the state's history. When this budget is implemented, our Rainy Day Fund will be $1.1 billion – the largest it has ever been in both real dollars and as a percentage of our overall revenue."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p>During a governor's final address before leaving office, the speech is used to highlight the outgoing governor's achievements. <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Haslam</a> in 2018 highlighted Tennessee's job growth rate, greater funding for K-12 education and teachers' salaries, tax and spending cuts, and a record high for high school graduation rates in Tennessee history, all achieved under his administration.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compensation">Compensation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Compensation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the governor's <a href="/wiki/Salary" title="Salary">salary</a> was set at $204,336 per year. This is the fourth highest U.S. gubernatorial salary.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Bill Haslam</a> and his predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Phil Bredesen</a>, both were independently wealthy before taking office and refused to accept state salaries for their service as governor.<sup id="cite_ref-bookofstates_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bookofstates-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Line_of_succession">Line of succession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Line of succession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee">Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Gubernatorial_lines_of_succession_in_the_United_States#Tennessee" title="Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States">Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States § Tennessee</a></div> <p>Tennessee does not elect a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor" title="Lieutenant governor">lieutenant governor</a>. If a vacancy occurs in the office of governor due to the governor's death, removal, or resignation from office, the Tennessee Constitution provides for the Speaker of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Senate" title="Tennessee Senate">Tennessee Senate</a> to become governor.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsSchebStair_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsSchebStair-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bluebookGov_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bluebookGov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For this reason, the speaker is often referred to by the title "lieutenant governor", and was also granted this title by statute in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsSchebStair_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsSchebStair-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the lieutenant governor/senate speaker in the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_succession" title="Order of succession">line of succession</a> are the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">speaker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives" title="Tennessee House of Representatives">Tennessee House of Representatives</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Secretary_of_State" title="Tennessee Secretary of State">secretary of state</a>, and the comptroller.<sup id="cite_ref-bluebookGov_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bluebookGov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the event the governor's office becomes vacant during the first 18 months of his term, a special election for the balance of the term must be held at the time of the next federal general election. If the vacancy occurs after the first 18 months, whoever ascends to the governorship serves out the balance of the term. In either case, a partial term counts toward the limit of two consecutive terms. </p><p>Governor <a href="/wiki/William_Blount" title="William Blount">William Blount</a> served from 1790 to 1796, when Tennessee was known as the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Territory" title="Southwest Territory">Southwest Territory</a>. He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/John_Sevier" title="John Sevier">John Sevier</a>, the state's first governor. Other notable governors include <a href="/wiki/Willie_Blount" title="Willie Blount">Willie Blount</a> (William's half-brother), <a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston" title="Sam Houston">Sam Houston</a> (better known for his role as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_Texas" title="President of the Republic of Texas">President of the Republic of Texas</a>), and future U.S. Presidents <a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">James K. Polk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbent_governor">Incumbent governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Incumbent governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Bill Lee</a>, Republican, is the 50th governor of Tennessee, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Bill Haslam</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A former president of his company, the Lee Company, his primary focus so far has been job creation and the economy.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his budget proposal, Lee outlined plans for K-12 education, mental health, criminal justice, rural economic development and health care.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like Haslam, Lee also intends to add to the <a href="/wiki/Rainy_day_fund" title="Rainy day fund">Rainy Day fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee's early executive orders included an order requiring all state executive departments to report rural impact and recommendations for improvement<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and three regarding ethics and transparency.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Experience">Experience</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Experience"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many recent governors have been businessmen. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Phil Bredesen</a> created the HealthCare America Corporation<sup id="cite_ref-:5_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Bill Haslam</a> has held multiple chair and executive positions and is a co-owner of a minor league baseball team.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Current governor <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Bill Lee</a> was the president of his own company before taking office.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Education varies, but typically recent governors hold at least a bachelor's degree. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Bredesen</a> earned a degree in physics from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:5_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haslam a bachelor's in history from <a href="/wiki/Emory_University" title="Emory University">Emory University</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:6_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Lee</a> a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from <a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though political experience is helpful for running for governor, it has never been a requirement. Bill Lee, for example, prior to his governorship never held office. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Bredesen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Haslam</a> were both mayors: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Bredesen</a> as <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Nashville,_Tennessee" title="List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee">mayor of Nashville</a> from 1991 to 1999<sup id="cite_ref-:5_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Haslam</a> as mayor of Knoxville from 2003 to 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early Tennessean politicians such as <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> sometimes had a history of military service, with Jackson serving in the Revolutionary War <sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/The_War_of_1812" class="mw-redirect" title="The War of 1812">the War of 1812</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Famous_governors">Famous governors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Famous governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="John_Sevier">John Sevier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: John Sevier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Sevier" title="John Sevier">John Sevier</a> was the first governor of Tennessee. He effectively founded the state and because it was new territory, he dealt with many issues that come along with founding a state.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though much of his work regards to his time in the frontier, his effects on Tennessean politics are still felt today. Biographer Carl S. Driver opined in 1932 that "Most of the evidence appears to lend weight to the fact that political sectionalism in Tennessee began with the break between Jackson and Sevier."<sup id="cite_ref-:7_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like his rival Andrew Jackson at the time, Sevier was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican Party</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Sevier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/John_Sevier.jpg/220px-John_Sevier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="339" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/John_Sevier.jpg/330px-John_Sevier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/John_Sevier.jpg/440px-John_Sevier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="549" data-file-height="845" /></a><figcaption>John Sevier, Tennessee's first governor</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sam_Houston">Sam Houston</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sam Houston"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston" title="Sam Houston">Sam Houston</a> represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1827, before being elected the 6th Governor of Tennessee, serving from October 1, 1827, to April 16, 1829.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his Tennessee governorship, he moved west, first to the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Territory" title="Arkansas Territory">Arkansas Territory</a> and then to what was at that time <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Texas" title="Mexican Texas">Mexican Texas</a>. Following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gonzales" title="Battle of Gonzales">Battle of Gonzales</a>—which marked the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Revolution" title="Texas Revolution">Texas Revolution</a> in earnest—Houston took overall command of the <a href="/wiki/Texian_Army" title="Texian Army">Texian Army</a> and led it to victory against <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. Houston was then elected as the first, and then the third, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Texas">President of Texas</a>. Houston assisted in the <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Annexation of Texas">annexation of Texas</a> by the United States, after which he represented <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">US Senate</a>. He was later elected as 7th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">Governor of Texas</a>, thus becoming the only person in history to serve as governor of two different US states. The city of <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> is named after him. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sam_Houston_c1850-crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Sam_Houston_c1850-crop.jpg/220px-Sam_Houston_c1850-crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Sam_Houston_c1850-crop.jpg/330px-Sam_Houston_c1850-crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Sam_Houston_c1850-crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="459" /></a><figcaption>Former Governor Sam Houston</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="James_K._Polk">James K. Polk</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: James K. Polk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">James K. Polk</a>, 11th <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>, was the governor of Tennessee from 1839 to 1841. He was a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> and a devout follower of <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Jacksonian</a> democratic values.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dr. John Seigenthaler wrote in his biography of Polk that "To Polk, all politics was fiscal, deeply rooted in the early struggle between federalism and republicanism; Hamilton and Jefferson; the wealthy elite and the common man."<sup id="cite_ref-:8_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Polk_restored_%26_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/James_Polk_restored_%26_cropped.jpg/220px-James_Polk_restored_%26_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/James_Polk_restored_%26_cropped.jpg/330px-James_Polk_restored_%26_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/James_Polk_restored_%26_cropped.jpg/440px-James_Polk_restored_%26_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="619" data-file-height="760" /></a><figcaption>James K. Polk</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Andrew_Johnson">Andrew Johnson</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Andrew Johnson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a> was the 17th President of the United States following <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Assassination of Abraham Lincoln">assassination</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>, he had joined Lincoln and the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> to form a <a href="/wiki/National_Union_Party_(United_States)" title="National Union Party (United States)">National Union</a> ticket in order to ensure the support of <a href="/wiki/War_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="War Democrats">War Democrats</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1864_United_States_presidential_election" title="1864 United States presidential election">1864 United States presidential election</a>. Johnson had previously been governor of Tennessee from 1853 to 1857. The Tennessean governor was not entitled to many powers at the time, but used the position to publicize his views.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_Johnson_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders,_c1870-1880-Edit1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Andrew_Johnson_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders%2C_c1870-1880-Edit1.jpg/220px-Andrew_Johnson_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders%2C_c1870-1880-Edit1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Andrew_Johnson_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders%2C_c1870-1880-Edit1.jpg/330px-Andrew_Johnson_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders%2C_c1870-1880-Edit1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Andrew_Johnson_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders%2C_c1870-1880-Edit1.jpg/440px-Andrew_Johnson_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders%2C_c1870-1880-Edit1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2050" data-file-height="2634" /></a><figcaption>Andrew Johnson</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ray_Blanton">Ray Blanton</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ray Blanton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ray_Blanton" title="Ray Blanton">Ray Blanton</a> was governor from 1975 to 1979. He was forced from office days early by a "coup" led by his own party's leaders Speaker <a href="/wiki/Ned_McWherter" title="Ned McWherter">Ned McWherter</a> and Lieutenant Governor <a href="/wiki/John_Shelton_Wilder" title="John Shelton Wilder">John S. Wilder</a> to inaugurate <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Lamar Alexander</a> early and forestall additional potential pardons of a questionable nature.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ray_Blanton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Ray_Blanton.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="225" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption>Former Governor Ray Blanton</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Phil_Bredesen">Phil Bredesen</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Phil Bredesen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Phil Bredesen</a>, Democrat, was governor from 2003 to 2011. In 2018, he ran for the US Senate against now senator <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Blackburn" title="Marsha Blackburn">Marsha Blackburn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also a former mayor of Nashville.<sup id="cite_ref-dobie_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dobie-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bredesen also proposed Cover Tennessee, a health care plan that would cost roughly $50 per person and would follow a person even if they changed employers. Cover Tennessee also includes Cover Kids which provides services to low-income pregnant women and children. These services include vaccinations, preventative care, vision, dental, mental health, physician services, physical and speech therapy, and hospitalization.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He increased the Rainy Day fund, passed four balanced budgets, and expanded pre-K programs.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_Bredesen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Governor_Bredesen.jpg/220px-Governor_Bredesen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Governor_Bredesen.jpg/330px-Governor_Bredesen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Governor_Bredesen.jpg/440px-Governor_Bredesen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="938" /></a><figcaption>Former Governor Phil Bredesen</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bill_Haslam">Bill Haslam</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Bill Haslam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Bill Haslam</a>, Republican, was governor from 2011 to 2018, succeeding Phil Bredesen. Because he took office during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">Great Recession</a>, he focused on economic recovery. He tightened the state's budgets, called for additional funds for Tennessee's <a href="/wiki/Rainy_day_fund" title="Rainy day fund">Rainy day fund</a>, and worked on making Tennessee more business-friendly.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, his main legacy is in education. He is most well known for the TN Promise and Reconnect Programs, which allow students to attend a community college for two years with free tuition. This was done to make Tennessee more attractive to businesses and improve the workforce.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, from 2017 to 2018, Haslam served as the chair of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Governors_Association" title="Republican Governors Association">Republican Governors' Association</a>, working to elect Republicans in the <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2018 United States gubernatorial elections">2018 gubernatorial elections</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_Bill_Haslam_(2012).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Governor_Bill_Haslam_%282012%29.jpg/220px-Governor_Bill_Haslam_%282012%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Governor_Bill_Haslam_%282012%29.jpg/330px-Governor_Bill_Haslam_%282012%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Governor_Bill_Haslam_%282012%29.jpg/440px-Governor_Bill_Haslam_%282012%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1070" data-file-height="1427" /></a><figcaption>Former Governor Bill Haslam</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_priorities">Recent priorities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Recent priorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In recent years there has been a heavy focus on the economy, health care, and education. Governors such as Haslam focused on making the state business friendly as much as possible, using fiscally conservative ideas when making policy.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conservatism has not been limited to Republicans however, as Phil Bredesen, a Democrat, supported the death penalty.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There have been successful achievements that are not traditionally seen as conservative, namely TN Promise and Reconnect.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_31-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bredesen's focuses included healthcare. He announced Cover Tennessee in 2006 as "a partnership between the state and small business to help adults buy affordable insurance that follows them, no matter where they work, and that doesn't require high deductibles on the front end."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cover Tennessee would follow a citizen regardless if they changed employers and Cover Kids provides services to pregnant women and children in low-income families.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His handling of <a href="/wiki/TennCare" title="TennCare">TennCare</a>, namely that he cut more than 170,000 people from the rolls for the sake of the budget, was criticized, and it played a role in his Senate race in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tennessee governors have a history of going back and forth between democrats and republicans,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the former Democratic stronghold is now solidly Republican.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Achievements">Achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tennessee governors' achievements generally have varied with the priorities of the administration. Since governor <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Haslam</a>, much emphasis has been placed on education and increasing the number of students enrolling in technical and community colleges. <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Bill Lee</a> has continued this priority by proposing a budget to increase funding for school safety and resource officers. Democratic and Republican administrations alike have carried the belief that a well balanced budget should always be paramount when shaping policy in Tennessee. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">Governor Sundquist</a> served from 1995 to 2003. In 1996 <a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">Sundquist</a> focused heavily on <a href="/wiki/Public_sector_ethics" title="Public sector ethics">ethics</a> and welfare reforms and played a role in the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Regulatory_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee Regulatory Authority">Tennessee Regulatory Authority</a> and the Families First Act.<sup id="cite_ref-tehc2_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Replacing the previous Public Service Commission, the Families First Act dropped the number of welfare recipients from 70,000 to 30,000 in an effort to reduce state expenditures.<sup id="cite_ref-nga2_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nga2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">Sundquist</a> also created the Department of Children's Services in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-tehc2_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his second term <a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">Sundquist</a> created the ConnectTn program which made Tennessee the first state in the country to provide internet use in public libraries and schools.<sup id="cite_ref-nga2_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nga2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">Sundquist</a> is most known for his push for a state income tax, which received wide backlash from Democrats and Republicans. His effort of tax reform was destroyed by future governor <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Phil Bredesen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-abramson_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abramson-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Phil Bredesen</a> campaigned to reduce waste in state government, reform <a href="/wiki/TennCare" title="TennCare">TennCare</a>, and improve Tennessee schools. In 2004, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Bredesen</a> enacted <a href="/wiki/TennCare" title="TennCare">TennCare</a> reform, cutting the budget by more than half and removing nearly 200,000 citizens from being eligible for Medicaid. Bredesen increased funding for education by $366.5 million focusing on Pre-K incentives and increasing teacher pay.<sup id="cite_ref-njm_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-njm-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006 <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Bredesen</a> created Cover Tennessee protecting Tennesseans with preexisting conditions and expanding care to uninsured children. In 2007, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Bredesen</a> pushed for another increase to education funding by issuing a cigarette tax, the increase would amount to $343 million for education. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Haslam</a> administration focused heavily on improving the economy and education in Tennessee.<sup id="cite_ref-priorities_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-priorities-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012 <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Haslam</a> signed a budget to increase construction spending by $560 million and eliminate the inheritance and gift tax. The bill also included a plan called "Fast Track", which aimed to provide incentives for companies to move to Tennessee.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Haslam</a>'s most well-known accomplishment is the Tennessee Promise and Reconnect programs. Tennessee Promise gives Tennesseans the opportunity of two free years of community college or technical school. The Reconnect program provides incentives for adults to return for post-secondary degrees. In 2012, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Haslam</a> introduced the T.E.A.M. Act in an attempt to improve state employee performance.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill would change hiring and advancements policy to prioritize job performance over seniority. In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Haslam</a> introduced the IMPROVE Act which aimed to provide funding for $10 billion of needed road construction.<sup id="cite_ref-Ebert_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ebert-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The act cut food sales taxes, but raised taxes on gas, diesel, and natural gas. 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Maine" title="List of governors of Maine">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">Maryland</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Maryland" title="List of governors of Maryland">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Michigan" title="Governor of Michigan">Michigan</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Michigan" title="List of governors of Michigan">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Minnesota</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Minnesota" title="List of governors of 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Carolina">North Carolina</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Carolina" title="List of governors of North Carolina">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Dakota" title="Governor of North Dakota">North Dakota</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Dakota" title="List of governors of North Dakota">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Ohio" title="List of governors of Ohio">Ohio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oklahoma" title="Governor of Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Oklahoma" title="List of governors of Oklahoma">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oregon" title="Governor of Oregon">Oregon</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_South_Dakota" title="List of governors of South Dakota">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tennessee</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Tennessee" title="List of governors of Tennessee">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">Texas</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Texas" title="List of governors of Texas">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Utah" title="List of governors of Utah">Utah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Vermont" title="Governor of Vermont">Vermont</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Vermont" title="List of governors of Vermont">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Virginia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Virginia" title="List of governors of Virginia">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Washington" title="List of governors of Washington">Washington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_West_Virginia" title="List of governors of West Virginia">West Virginia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Wisconsin" title="List of governors of Wisconsin">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Wyoming" title="List of governors of Wyoming">Wyoming</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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Guam">Guam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="List of governors of the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Puerto_Rico" title="List of governors of Puerto Rico">list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="List of governors of the United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Defunct</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Cuba" title="List of colonial governors of Cuba">Cuba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Dakota_Territory" title="List of governors of Dakota Territory">Dakota Territory</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_Panama_Canal_Zone" title="List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone">Panama Canal Zone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Philippines" title="Governor-General of the Philippines">Philippine Islands</a> (until 1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/High_Commissioner_to_the_Philippines" title="High Commissioner to the Philippines">Philippine Commonwealth</a> (until 1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/High_Commissioner_of_the_Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands" title="High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands">Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Dominican_Republic#Foreign_governors_and_military_commanders_since_1903" title="List of presidents of the Dominican Republic">Santo Domingo</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Governor_of_Tennessee_(list)318" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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Roane">Roane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sevier" title="John Sevier">Sevier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Blount" title="Willie Blount">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_McMinn" title="Joseph McMinn">McMinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Carroll_(Tennessee_politician)" title="William Carroll (Tennessee politician)">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston" title="Sam Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hall_(governor)" title="William Hall (governor)">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Carroll_(Tennessee_politician)" title="William Carroll (Tennessee politician)">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_Cannon" title="Newton Cannon">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_C._Jones" title="James C. Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_V._Brown" title="Aaron V. Brown">A. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neill_S._Brown" title="Neill S. Brown">N. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Trousdale" title="William Trousdale">Trousdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Campbell" title="William B. Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isham_G._Harris" title="Isham G. Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_H._East" title="Edward H. East">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parson_Brownlow" title="Parson Brownlow">Brownlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewitt_Clinton_Senter" title="Dewitt Clinton Senter">Senter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Brown" title="John C. Brown">J. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._Porter" title="James D. Porter">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_S._Marks" title="Albert S. Marks">Marks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Hawkins" title="Alvin Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Bate" title="William B. Bate">Bate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Love_Taylor" title="Robert Love Taylor">R. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_P._Buchanan" title="John P. Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Turney" title="Peter Turney">Turney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Love_Taylor" title="Robert Love Taylor">R. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_McMillin" title="Benton McMillin">McMillin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_B._Frazier" title="James B. Frazier">Frazier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_I._Cox" title="John I. Cox">Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_R._Patterson" title="Malcolm R. Patterson">Patterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_W._Hooper" title="Ben W. Hooper">Hooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clarke_Rye" title="Thomas Clarke Rye">Rye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_H._Roberts" title="Albert H. Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_A._Taylor" title="Alfred A. Taylor">A. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Peay" title="Austin Peay">Peay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hollis_Horton" title="Henry Hollis Horton">Horton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_McAlister" title="Hill McAlister">McAlister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Browning" title="Gordon Browning">Browning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prentice_Cooper" title="Prentice Cooper">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nance_McCord" title="Jim Nance McCord">McCord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Browning" title="Gordon Browning">Browning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_G._Clement" title="Frank G. Clement">Clement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buford_Ellington" title="Buford Ellington">Ellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_G._Clement" title="Frank G. Clement">Clement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buford_Ellington" title="Buford Ellington">Ellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winfield_Dunn" title="Winfield Dunn">Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Blanton" title="Ray Blanton">Blanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_McWherter" title="Ned McWherter">McWherter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">Sundquist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Bredesen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Haslam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Lee</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Seal_of_Tennessee.svg/85px-Seal_of_Tennessee.svg.png" decoding="async" 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state">State</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a></b> (capital)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Tennessee" title="Category:Tennessee">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Tennessee" title="Abortion in Tennessee">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Tennessee" title="Cannabis in Tennessee">Cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Tennessee" title="Climate change in Tennessee">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Name_of_Tennessee" title="Name of Tennessee">Name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Tennessee" title="History of Tennessee">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Tennessee" title="Outline of Tennessee">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Tennessee" title="Geography of Tennessee">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Tennessee" title="Gun laws in Tennessee">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Tennessee">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Tennessee" title="List of people from Tennessee">Tennesseans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Tennessee" title="African Americans in Tennessee">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Tennessee">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Tennessee" title="Category:Mass media in Tennessee">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Tennessee" title="List of newspapers in Tennessee">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of radio stations in Tennessee">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of television stations in Tennessee">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Tennessee" title="Constitution of Tennessee">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Tennessee" title="Elections in Tennessee">Elections</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Tennessee" title="List of governors of Tennessee">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee">Lieutenant Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_General_Assembly" title="Tennessee General Assembly">General Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Supreme_Court" title="Tennessee Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Military_Department" title="Tennessee Military Department">Tennessee National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_Tennessee" title="List of law enforcement agencies in Tennessee">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_state_symbols" title="List of Tennessee state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Tennessee" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Tennessee">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Tennessee" title="List of colleges and universities in Tennessee">Colleges and universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Tennessee" title="Crime in Tennessee">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Tennessee" title="Demographics of Tennessee">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tennessee" title="Economy of Tennessee">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Tennessee" title="Education in Tennessee">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Tennessee">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tennessee" title="Music of Tennessee">Music</a></li> <li>Media <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Tennessee" title="List of newspapers in Tennessee">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of radio stations in Tennessee">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of television stations in Tennessee">TV</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Divisions_of_Tennessee" title="Grand Divisions of Tennessee">Grand Divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Tennessee" title="West Tennessee">West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Appalachian_Valley" title="Great Appalachian Valley">Great Appalachian Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Rim" title="Highland Rim">Highland Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Alluvial Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_embayment" title="Mississippi embayment">Mississippi embayment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Basin" title="Nashville Basin">Nashville Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Tennessee" title="Tri-Cities, Tennessee">Tri-Cities</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Tennessee" title="List of municipalities in Tennessee">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee" title="Chattanooga, Tennessee">Chattanooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Tennessee" title="Clarksville, Tennessee">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro, Tennessee">Murfreesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Tennessee" title="Franklin, Tennessee">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_Tennessee" title="Hendersonville, Tennessee">Hendersonville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_Tennessee" title="List of metropolitan areas of Tennessee">Metropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_metropolitan_area" title="Chattanooga metropolitan area">Chattanooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_metropolitan_area" title="Clarksville metropolitan area">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Jackson metropolitan area, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City metropolitan area, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport%E2%80%93Bristol%E2%80%93Bristol_metropolitan_area" title="Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol metropolitan area">Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_metropolitan_area" title="Knoxville metropolitan area">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area" title="Memphis metropolitan area">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morristown_metropolitan_area" title="Morristown metropolitan area">Morristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_metropolitan_area" title="Nashville metropolitan area">Nashville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">Combined<br />statistical areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga%E2%80%93Cleveland%E2%80%93Dalton_combined_statistical_area" title="Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area">Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">Micropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cookeville_micropolitan_area" title="Cookeville micropolitan area">Cookeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tullahoma%E2%80%93Manchester_micropolitan_area" title="Tullahoma–Manchester micropolitan area">Tullahoma–Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_City_micropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Union City micropolitan area, Tennessee">Union City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Tennessee" title="List of counties in Tennessee">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Tennessee" title="Anderson County, Tennessee">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Tennessee" title="Bedford County, Tennessee">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Tennessee" title="Benton County, Tennessee">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bledsoe_County,_Tennessee" title="Bledsoe County, Tennessee">Bledsoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blount_County,_Tennessee" title="Blount County, Tennessee">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_County,_Tennessee" title="Bradley County, Tennessee">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Tennessee" title="Campbell County, Tennessee">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_County,_Tennessee" title="Cannon County, Tennessee">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Tennessee" title="Carroll County, Tennessee">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_County,_Tennessee" title="Carter County, Tennessee">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheatham_County,_Tennessee" title="Cheatham County, Tennessee">Cheatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Tennessee" title="Chester County, Tennessee">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Tennessee" title="Claiborne County, Tennessee">Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Tennessee" title="Clay County, Tennessee">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocke_County,_Tennessee" title="Cocke County, Tennessee">Cocke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_County,_Tennessee" title="Coffee County, Tennessee">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett_County,_Tennessee" title="Crockett County, Tennessee">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Tennessee" title="Cumberland County, Tennessee">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee" title="Davidson County, Tennessee">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur_County,_Tennessee" title="Decatur County, Tennessee">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Tennessee" title="DeKalb County, Tennessee">DeKalb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_County,_Tennessee" title="Dickson County, Tennessee">Dickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyer_County,_Tennessee" title="Dyer County, Tennessee">Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Tennessee" title="Fayette County, Tennessee">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fentress_County,_Tennessee" title="Fentress County, Tennessee">Fentress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Tennessee" title="Franklin County, Tennessee">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_County,_Tennessee" title="Gibson County, Tennessee">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Tennessee" title="Giles County, Tennessee">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grainger_County,_Tennessee" title="Grainger County, Tennessee">Grainger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Tennessee" title="Greene County, Tennessee">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Tennessee" title="Grundy County, Tennessee">Grundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamblen_County,_Tennessee" title="Hamblen County, Tennessee">Hamblen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Tennessee" title="Hamilton County, Tennessee">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Tennessee" title="Hancock County, Tennessee">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardeman_County,_Tennessee" title="Hardeman County, Tennessee">Hardeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Tennessee" title="Hardin County, Tennessee">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins_County,_Tennessee" title="Hawkins County, Tennessee">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_Tennessee" title="Haywood County, Tennessee">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Tennessee" title="Henderson County, Tennessee">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Tennessee" title="Henry County, Tennessee">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickman_County,_Tennessee" title="Hickman County, Tennessee">Hickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Tennessee" title="Houston County, Tennessee">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphreys_County,_Tennessee" title="Humphreys County, Tennessee">Humphreys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Tennessee" title="Jackson County, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Tennessee" title="Jefferson County, Tennessee">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Tennessee" title="Johnson County, Tennessee">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Tennessee" title="Knox County, Tennessee">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Tennessee" title="Lake County, Tennessee">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauderdale_County,_Tennessee" title="Lauderdale County, Tennessee">Lauderdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Tennessee" title="Lawrence County, Tennessee">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_Tennessee" title="Lewis County, Tennessee">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Tennessee" title="Lincoln County, Tennessee">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudon_County,_Tennessee" title="Loudon County, Tennessee">Loudon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Tennessee" title="Macon County, Tennessee">Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Tennessee" title="Madison County, Tennessee">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Tennessee" title="Marion County, Tennessee">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Tennessee" title="Marshall County, Tennessee">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maury_County,_Tennessee" title="Maury County, Tennessee">Maury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMinn_County,_Tennessee" title="McMinn County, Tennessee">McMinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McNairy_County,_Tennessee" title="McNairy County, Tennessee">McNairy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meigs_County,_Tennessee" title="Meigs County, Tennessee">Meigs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Tennessee" title="Monroe County, Tennessee">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Tennessee" title="Montgomery County, Tennessee">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_Tennessee" title="Moore County, Tennessee">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Tennessee" title="Morgan County, Tennessee">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obion_County,_Tennessee" title="Obion County, Tennessee">Obion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overton_County,_Tennessee" title="Overton County, Tennessee">Overton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Tennessee" title="Perry County, Tennessee">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickett_County,_Tennessee" title="Pickett County, Tennessee">Pickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Tennessee" title="Polk County, Tennessee">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_Tennessee" title="Putnam County, Tennessee">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhea_County,_Tennessee" title="Rhea County, Tennessee">Rhea</a></li> <li><a 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