Phil Bredesen
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Philip Norman Bredesen Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 2002 with 50.6%
Official portrait, 2008
Official portrait of Phil Bredesen, hanging in the Tennessee State Capitol
Bredesen in 2003
Bredesen at the 2008 Governor's Luncheon
Don Sundquist
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Donald Kenneth Sundquist was an American businessman and politician who served as the 47th governor of Tennessee from 1995 to 2003.
Phil Bredesen
…and state senator Steve Cohen. In the November general election, Bredesen was defeated by the Republican nominee, 7th district U.S. Representative Don Sundquist, 807,104 votes to 664,252. Bredesen ran for governor of Tennessee again in 2002. He easily won the Democratic nomination, capturing nearly 80% of the…
Donald Sundquist Tennessee Governor official portrait Cropped
Congressional portrait
Sundquist with President George W. Bush visiting a combat support hospital in November 2001
Sundquist in November 2002