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| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
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| Tennessee at-large | Andrew Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. Winner later resigned in September 1797 when elected U.S. Senator. | √ Andrew Jackson (Democratic-Republican) [1] [ data unknown/missing ] |
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This is a list of elections in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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