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The state Constitution of Tennessee, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
The state Constitution of Tennessee, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
:''That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any minister against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishment or mode of worship.''
:''That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any minister against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishment or mode of worship.''
==Famous political figures==
===Eastern Tennessee===
*[[Leonidas Houk]], early GOP representative from the 2nd district
*[[B. Carroll Reece]], longtime conservative Republican from the 1st district
*[[Oscar B. Lovette]], defeated Reece in 1930 and lost re-election in 1932
*[[Louise Goff Reece]], widow and successor of Carroll Reece
*[[J. Will Taylor]], Republican representative from the state's 2nd district in the 1920s and 30s
*[[John Jennings, Jr.]], succeeded Taylor in the House
*[[Howard Baker, Sr.]], defeated Jennings for renomination
*[[Howard Baker, Jr.]], U.S. senator from the state
*[[Irene Baker]], stepmother of Howard Baker, Jr. and brief U.S. representative
==Elected officials==
==Elected officials==
===Federal===
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Marsha Blackburn]] (R)
*Sen. [[Marsha Blackburn]] (R)