Tennessee's 10th congressional district

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.

Tennessee's 10th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1830 1875 1940
Eliminated	1860 1930 1950
Years active	1833–1863 1875–1933 1943–1953

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Note
District established March 4, 1833
William M. Inge (Fayetteville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1833. Retired.
Ebenezer J. Shields (Pulaski)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th	Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Lost re-election.
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Aaron V. Brown (Pulaski)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 6th district.
John B. Ashe (Brownsville)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Retired.
Frederick P. Stanton (Memphis)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1855	29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd	Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Retired.
Thomas Rivers (Somerville)	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1855. Retired.
William T. Avery (Pulaski)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Could not seek re-election, as West Tennessee seceded.
District inactive		March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Civil War
District dissolved March 4, 1863
District re-established March 4, 1875
H. Casey Young (Memphis)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44th 45th 46th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Lost re-election.
William R. Moore (Memphis)	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. Renominated but declined.
H. Casey Young (Memphis)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Retired.
Zachary Taylor (Covington)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Lost re-election.
James Phelan, Jr. (Memphis)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – January 30, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired but died before next term began.
Vacant		January 30, 1891 – March 4, 1891	51st
Josiah Patterson (Memphis)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897	52nd 53rd 54th	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Lost re-election as a National Democrat.
Edward W. Carmack (Memphis)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Malcolm R. Patterson (Memphis)	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – November 5, 1906	57th 58th 59th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired to run for Governor of Tennessee and resigned when elected.
Vacant		November 5, 1906 – March 4, 1907	59th
George Gordon (Memphis)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – August 9, 1911	60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Died.
Vacant		August 9, 1911 – December 4, 1911	62nd
Kenneth McKellar (Memphis)	Democratic	December 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	62nd 63rd 64th	Elected to finish Gordon's term. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Hubert Fisher (Memphis)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1931	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	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.
E. H. Crump (Memphis)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 9th district.
District dissolved March 4, 1933
District re-established January 3, 1943
Clifford Davis (Memphis)	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	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

1920

1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hubert Fisher (Incumbent)	23,987	80.46%
	Republican	Wayman Wilkerson	5,047	16.93%
	Socialist	G. J. Braun	779	2.61%
Total votes			29,813	100%
	Democratic hold

1922

1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hubert Fisher (Incumbent)	10,407	89.06%
	Republican	Thomas C. Phelan	1,279	10.94%
Total votes			11,686	100%
	Democratic hold

1924

1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hubert Fisher (Incumbent)	16,306	74.02%
	Independent	George H. Poole	2,923	13.27%
	Republican	Harry Spears	2,801	12.71%
Total votes			22,030	100%
	Democratic hold

References

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