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List of Governors' Papers

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NAME	DATES OF SERVICE	COLLECTION NUMBER	STATUS
William Blount (Territorial Governor)	1790-1796	GP-1	Microfilmed
John Sevier	1796-1801	GP-2	Microfilmed
Archibald Roane	1801-1803	GP-3	Microfilmed
John Sevier	1803-1809	GP-4	Microfilmed
Willie Blount	1809-1815	GP-5	Microfilmed
Joseph McMinn	1815-1821	GP-6	Microfilmed
William Carroll	1821-1827	GP-7	Microfilmed
Sam Houston	1827-1829	GP-8	Microfilmed
William Hall	Apr.-Oct. 1829	GP-9	Microfilmed
William Carroll	1829-1835	GP-10	Microfilmed
Newton Cannon	1835-1839	GP-11	Microfilmed
James Knox Polk	1839-1841	GP-12	Microfilmed
James C. Jones	1841-1845	GP-13	Microfilmed
Aaron Venable Brown	1845-1847	GP-14	Microfilmed
Neill Smith Brown	1847-1849	GP-15	Microfilmed
William Trousdale	1849-1851	GP-16	Microfilmed
William Bowen Campbell	1851-1853	GP-17	Microfilmed
Andrew Johnson	1853-1857	GP-18	Microfilmed
Isham Green Harris	1857-1862	GP-19	Microfilmed
Andrew Johnson (Military Governor)	1862-1865	GP-20	Microfilmed
William Gannaway Brownlow	1865-1869	GP-21	Microfilmed
DeWitt Clinton Senter	1869-1871	GP-22	Microfilmed
John Calvin Brown	1871-1875	GP-23	Microfilmed
James Davis Porter	1875-1879	GP-24	Microfilmed
Albert Smith Marks	1879-1881	GP-25	Microfilmed
Alvin Hawkins	1881-1883	GP-26	Microfilmed
William Brimage Bate	1883-1887	GP-27	Microfilmed
Robert Love Taylor	1887-1891	GP-28	Microfilmed
John Price Buchanan	1891-1893	GP-29	Microfilmed
Peter Turney	1893-1897	GP-30	Microfilmed
Robert Love Taylor	1897-1899	GP-31	Microfilmed
Benton McMillin	1899-1903	GP-32	Microfilmed
James B. Frazier	1903-1905	GP-33	Microfilmed
John I. Cox	1905-1907	GP-34	Microfilmed
Malcolm Rice Patterson	1907-1911	GP-35	Microfilmed
Ben W. Hooper	1911-1915	GP-36	Original Records
Thomas C. Rye	1915-1919	GP-37	Microfilmed
Albert H. Roberts	1919-1921	GP-38	Microfilmed
Alfred A. Taylor	1921-1923	GP-39	Microfilmed
Austin Peay	1923-1927	GP-40	Microfilmed
Henry H. Horton	1927-1933	GP-41	Microfilmed
Hill McAlister	1933-1937	GP-42	Microfilmed
Gordon W. Browning	1937-1939	GP-43	Microfilmed
Prentice Cooper	1939-1945	GP-44	Microfilmed
Jim Nance McCord	1945-1949	GP-45	Microfilmed
Gordon W. Browning	1949-1953	GP-46	Microfilmed
Frank G. Clement	1953-1959	GP-47	Microfilmed
Buford Ellington	1959-1963	GP-48	Microfilmed
Frank G. Clement	1963-1967	GP-49	Microfilmed
Buford Ellington	1967-1971	GP-50	Microfilmed
Winfield C. Dunn	1971-1975	GP-51	Microfilmed
Ray Blanton	1975-1979	GP-52	Microfilmed
Lamar Alexander	1979-1987	GP-53	Microfilmed
Ned Ray McWherter	1987-1995	GP-54	Microfilmed
Don Sundquist (with addition)	1995-2003	GP-55	Microfilmed
Phil Bredesen	2003-2011	GP-56	In Process