| State: | Tennessee |
| District Number: | AL |
| Obsolete: | yes |
| Created: | 1796 1870 |
| Eliminated: | 1805 1875 |
| Years: | 1796–1805 1873–1875 |
| Population Year: | 1870 |
The district was organized after achieving statehood in 1796.
Tennessee began with one seat in 1796. It was apportioned two more seats in 1803. With the addition of two representatives following the 1800 census, all three seats were elected 'General Ticket' statewide for the 8th Congress.
| Cong ress | Years | Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1795 – June 1, 1796 | Statehood achieved June 1, 1796 | |||||||||||
| nowrap | June 1, 1796 – December 5, 1796 | Vacant | |||||||||||
| nowrap | December 5, 1796 – March 3, 1797 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic-Republican | Elected October 15, 1796, to finish the new term and seated December 5, 1796. Re-elected in 1797. Resigned when elected U.S. senator. | |||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1797 – September 1797 | ||||||||||||
| nowrap | September 1797 – November 23, 1797 | Vacant | |||||||||||
| nowrap | November 23, 1797 – March 3, 1799 | William C. C. Claiborne | Democratic-Republican | Elected September 26, 1797, to finish Jackson's term and seated November 23, 1797, despite being under the minimum age for service. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801 but resigned to become Governor of Mississippi Territory. | |||||||||
| March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | |||||||||||||
| March 4, 1801 – December 7, 1801 | Vacant | ||||||||||||
| December 7, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | William Dickson | Democratic-Republican | Elected November 14, 1801, to finish Claiborne's term and seated December 7, 1801. Re-elected in 1803. Redistricted to the . | ||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | align=left | George Campbell | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1803. Redistricted to the . | align=left | John Rhea | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1803. Redistricted to the . | ||||
No future at-large seats were apportioned after 1875.