Bill Hagerty
Republican · TN · U.S. Senate
Bio
William Francis Hagerty IV is an American politician, businessman, and diplomat serving as the junior United States senator from Tennessee since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 30th United States ambassador to Japan from 2017 to 2019 under President Donald Trump.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 5.6 years
- First took office
- 2021 (1 terms)
- Seniority
- 84 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 67
- Senate class
- 2 · junior senator
- Nashville, TN · 615-736-5129
- Chattanooga, TN · 423-752-5337
- Blountville, TN · 423-325-6240
- Knoxville, TN · 865-545-4253
- Memphis, TN · 901-544-4224
- Jackson, TN · 731-234-9358
- Cookeville, TN · 931-400-7080
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Bill Hagerty's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
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Caucuses & committees
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Committees
- Joint Committee on Printingcenter · 10 members
- Senate Committee on Appropriationscenter · 29 members
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairscenter · 24 members
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relationscenter · 22 membersWestern Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's IssuesMultilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental PolicyState Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development (Chairman)
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administrationcenter · 17 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
Latest news
- Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 9 August 2026
The Talk Shows Aug 9th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO_Loser_TDS-La.); Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist/Communist I-Vt.) … NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya…
Freerepublic.com · August 9, 2026 
Hagerty on SAVE America Act Passage: 'There Are a Lot of Pressures on Us Right Now'Monday on FBN's "Mornings with Maria," Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) acknowledged the push for Congress to pass the so-called Save America Act with the looming August recess and a potential partisan shift on Capitol Hill. The post Hagerty on SAVE America Act Pass…
Breitbart News · July 13, 2026
Graham death opens door for new 'Trump whisperer' – and Republicans are panicking: reportRepublican senators, already looking past the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), are frantically searching within their own caucus for someone who can fill the late senator’s role as the “Trump whisperer.”According to a report from Politico, Republic…
Raw Story · July 13, 2026
Senator Hagerty Expects CLARITY Act to Reach Full Senate This MonthThe cryptocurrency-focused CLARITY Act could be advanced by the Senate Banking Committee and reach the full Senate by the end of the month, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., said Monday (April 6), Cointelegraph reported. Speaking at the Vanderbilt University Digita…
pymnts.com · April 6, 2026
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