Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee | |
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Speaker of the Tennessee Senate | |
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since January 10, 2017 | |
Status | Presiding officer |
Member of | Tennessee Senate |
Appointer | Tennessee Senate |
Constituting instrument | Tennessee Constitution |
Formation | February 23, 1870 |
First holder | Dorsey B. Thomas |
Succession | First |
Salary | $72,948 (2022)[1] |
Website | Government website |
The Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate of Tennessee is the presiding officer of the Tennessee Senate and first in line in the succession to the office of governor of Tennessee in the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office through impeachment and conviction of the governor of Tennessee.
The current lieutenant governor is Randy McNally, who was elected to the post on January 10, 2017, and is the second (consecutive) Republican to hold the post since Reconstruction. He succeeded Ron Ramsey, who held the post continuously from 2007 to 2017.
Under the Tennessee State Constitution of 1870, the speaker of the Senate is elected by the Tennessee State Senate from among its members. The lieutenant governor as a member of the Tennessee Senate has a four-year term as a senator but is subject to re-election by his peers with each new legislature; as the senators' terms are staggered by class and there could be a 50 percent turnover in membership between one legislature and the next.