There are currently nine United States congressional districts in Tennessee based on results from the 2020 United States census. There have been as few as eight and as many as thirteen congressional districts in Tennessee. The and the were lost after the 1840 census. The was lost after the 1850 census and the was last lost after the 1950 census. The was briefly lost after the 1970 census but was regained after the 1980 census.
Current districts and representatives This is a list of United States representatives from Tennessee, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of nine members, with eight Republicans and one Democrat.
The Tennessee congressional maps are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case by the Republican-controlled state legislature, which in 2022 drew maps to ‘crack’ the Democratic stronghold of Nashville across three otherwise Republican districts, ensuring three Republican representatives, despite Nashville’s strong Democratic lean and population sufficient for a single district. Critics claimed that this Republican gerrymander ‘diminished the influence of Black voters and other voters of color concentrated in Nashville’, by splitting them up and adding portions of the Nashville community into districts that are overwhelmingly white and Republican, thus diluting the voting power of Black voters in the state.’ However, in 2024 a federal court ruled that while the gerrymander is a clear ‘political gerrymander’ it didn’t fit the criteria for a ‘racial gerrymander.’
The state’s districts were further gerrymandered by the Republican state legislature when it dismantled the previously Democratic 9th District, based around the city of Memphis, turning all congressional districts in the state into ones with a Republican lean, per the Cook Partisan Index.
Current U.S. representatives from Tennessee District Member Party Incumbent since CPVI District map 1st Diana Harshbarger Republican sinceJanuary 3, 2021 R+29 2nd Tim Burchett Republican sinceJanuary 3, 2019 R+17 3rd Chuck Fleischmann Republican sinceJanuary 3, 2011 R+18 4th Scott DesJarlais Republican sinceJanuary 3, 2011 R+11 5th Andy Ogles Republican sinceJanuary 3, 2023 R+10 6th John Rose Republican sinceJanuary 3, 2019 R+13 7th Matt Van Epps Republican sinceDecember 4, 2025 R+11 8th David Kustoff Republican sinceJanuary 3, 2017 R+10 9th Steve Cohen Democratic sinceJanuary 3, 2007 R+9
Historical results
Historical and present district boundaries Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Tennessee, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in Tennessee between 1973 and 2013 are shown.
Year Statewide map 1973–1982 1983–1992 1993–2002 2003–2013 2013–2023
Due to three county island parcels near Sweetwater, Tennessee, Tennessee's 2nd congressional district is not geographically contiguous — rather it is politically contiguous, with county exclaves "connected" despite being entirely-surrounded by Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.
Obsolete districts , obsolete since statehood (1796–1805; 1873–1875) , obsolete since the 1950 census , obsolete since the 1850 census , obsolete since the 1840 census , obsolete since the 1840 census
See also
List of United States congressional districts Baker v. Carr
References