Marsha Blackburn — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Senior United States Senator for Tennessee (since 2021)
First woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee (2018)
Member of the Senate Finance Committee
Founder and owner of Marketing Strategies, a promotion-event management firm (since 1978)
Served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district (2003-2019)
Served in the Tennessee Senate (1999-2003)
Earned a Bachelor of Science in home economics from Mississippi State University (1974)

Biography

Mary Marsha Blackburn is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee, a position she has held since January 2021. First elected to the Senate in 2018, she became the first woman to represent Tennessee in the U.S.

Senate. A member of the Republican Party, Blackburn previously served in the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district from 2003 to 2019, and as a state senator from 1999 to 2003.