U.S. House · Historical · Tennessee District 5
Tennessee's 5th Congressional District
Members who have held the seat for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, with sourced biographical profiles, party, and term history. The currently-serving holder appears on the serving roster.
- Charles ReadyTennesseeAmerican1853–1859
- Clifford AllenTennesseeDemocratic1975–1979
- Edward GolladayTennesseeDemocratic1871–1873
- Ewin DavisTennesseeDemocratic1919–1933
- Harold EarthmanTennesseeDemocratic1945–1947
- Horace HarrisonTennesseeRepublican1873–1875
- James PriestTennesseeDemocratic1941–1957
- James RichardsonTennesseeDemocratic1885–1905
- Jim CooperTennesseeDemocratic1983–2023
- Jim McCordTennesseeDemocratic1943–1945
- John BrightTennesseeDemocratic1871–1881
- John ForesterTennesseeAnti-Jacksonian1833–1837
- John TrimbleTennesseeRepublican1867–1869
- Joseph ByrnsTennesseeDemocratic1909–1937
- Joseph Byrns Jr.TennesseeDemocratic1939–1941
- Joseph LoserTennesseeDemocratic1957–1963
- Newton CannonTennesseeRepublican1813–1823
- Richard AtkinsonTennesseeDemocratic1937–1939
- Richard FultonTennesseeDemocratic1963–1977
- Richard WarnerTennesseeDemocratic1881–1885
- Robert AllenTennesseeJackson1819–1827
- Robert ClementTennesseeDemocratic1988–2003
- Robert DeshaTennesseeJackson1827–1831
- Robert HattonTennesseeInd. Republican-Democrat1859–1861
- Thomas ClaiborneTennesseeRepublican1817–1819
- William BonerTennesseeDemocratic1979–1987
- William CampbellTennesseeUnionist1837–1867
- William HallTennesseeJackson1831–1833
- William HoustonTennesseeDemocratic1905–1919
- William ProsserTennesseeRepublican1869–1871
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