The Tennessee House of Representatives 47th district is one of the 99 legislative districts in the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly. The district is located in Middle and covers all of Coffee and Grundy counties. The main settlements in the area are Tullahoma, Manchester, Altamont, and Gruetli-Laager. Rush Bricken has represented the district since 2019.
Demographics The Tennessee Comptroller estimates the population as of 2024 at 74,473.
86.9% of the district is White 5.2% of the district is Hispanic 3.4% of the district is African American 1.2% of the district is Asian 3% of the district is Two or more races
Detailed demographic information is also available through Census Reporter.
History The 88th Tennessee General Assembly was the first in which all districts were numbered. At this time, the 47th district was in Coffee, Grundy and Warren counties. Prior there was a floterial district consisting of Coffee, Franklin, and Grundy counties. From the 89th to 92nd GAs, the district also included Sequatchie County. During the 93rd GA it was made up of Coffee and Rutherford. From the 94th to 102nd GAs, it was Coffee, and part or all of Grundy counties. From the 103rd-112th it was made up of Coffee and part of Warren counties. It has been made up of all of Coffee and Grundy counties since the 113th General Assembly.
List of Representatives RepresentativePartyYears of ServiceGeneral AssemblyHometownRush BrickenRepublican 2019 - present 111th-114thTullahomaJudd Matheny 2003 - 2018 103rd-110thTullahomaDoyle Lewis Jr.Democratic1993 - 200298th-102rdManchesterLane Curlee1985 - 199294th-97thTullahomaRabon W. Johnson1977 - 198490th-93rdManchesterJ. Stanley Rogers1971 - 197687th-89thManchester
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