Tennessee's 10th congressional district explained

Tennessee's 10th congressional district was a district of the United States Congress in Tennessee. It was lost to redistricting in 1953. Its last Representative was Clifford Davis.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Note
District established March 4, 1833
align=left nowrap	William M. Inge			March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835		Elected in 1833. Retired.
Ebenezer J. Shields		Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837		Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Lost re-election.
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
align=left nowrap	Aaron V. Brown			March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843		Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 6th district.
align=left nowrap	John B. Ashe			March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845		Elected in 1843. Retired.
align=left nowrap	Frederick P. Stanton			March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1855		Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Retired.
align=left nowrap	Thomas Rivers			March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857		Elected in 1855. Retired.
align=left nowrap	William T. Avery			March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861		Elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Could not seek re-election, as West Tennessee seceded.
District inactive		nowrap	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863		Civil War
District dissolved March 4, 1863
District re-established March 4, 1875
align=left nowrap	H. Casey Young			March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881		Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Lost re-election.
align=left nowrap	William R. Moore			March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883		Elected in 1880. Renominated but declined.
align=left nowrap	H. Casey Young			March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885		Elected in 1882. Retired.
align=left nowrap	Zachary Taylor			March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887		Elected in 1884. Lost re-election.
align=left nowrap	James Phelan, Jr.			March 4, 1887 – January 30, 1891		Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired but died before next term began.
Vacant		nowrap	January 30, 1891 – March 4, 1891
align=left nowrap	Josiah Patterson			March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897		Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Lost re-election as a National Democrat.
align=left nowrap	Edward W. Carmack			March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901		Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
align=left nowrap	Malcolm R. Patterson			March 4, 1901 – November 5, 1906		Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired to run for Governor of Tennessee and resigned when elected.
Vacant		nowrap	November 5, 1906 – March 4, 1907
align=left nowrap	George Gordon			March 4, 1907 – August 9, 1911		Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Died.
Vacant		nowrap	August 9, 1911 – December 4, 1911
align=left nowrap	Kenneth McKellar			December 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917		Elected to finish Gordon's term. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
align=left nowrap	Hubert Fisher			March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1931		Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Retired.
align=left nowrap	E. H. Crump			March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933		Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 9th district.
District dissolved March 4, 1933
District re-established January 3, 1943
align=left nowrap	Clifford Davis			January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953		Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 9th district.
District dissolved January 3, 1953

Election results

1924

References

• Book: Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. 1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
• Book: Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. 1982. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present