1594:
244:. The compromise is regarded as one of the most racist deals among the states during the country's founding. Lafferty inaccurately claimed in his speech that the three-fifths compromise was adopted for "the purpose of ending slavery."
354:
1655:
210:, and a crowded field formed to replace him. Lafferty, a stay-at-home father and a landlord, was considered a significant underdog against several of his competitors, including former
550:
240:
resulting from a 1787 agreement between northern and southern states, providing that three-fifths of a state's slave population would be counted for representation in the
406:
432:
577:
328:
1631:
248:
543:
1675:
1680:
536:
380:
1660:
483:
1670:
1624:
945:
747:
1573:
639:
1685:
1422:
1098:
1008:
1617:
1561:
560:
207:
187:
37:
459:"Tennessee's Republican-led House expels 2 Democratic lawmakers over gun reform protest, fails in bid to oust a third"
458:
1377:
252:
226:
222:
183:
112:
693:
241:
1440:
1242:
1035:
603:
1556:
1548:
1539:
1503:
783:
570:
221:. However, Lafferty outpolled both to win the primary with just over 30% of the vote. In the strongly
792:
657:
528:
1134:
864:
801:
1287:
1224:
1044:
828:
711:
233:
140:
1650:
999:
738:
684:
211:
1476:
1665:
264:
191:
130:
8:
1605:
144:
1152:
232:
On May 4, 2021, Lafferty made a speech on the
Tennessee House floor in defense of the
1512:
1404:
1125:
774:
666:
329:"Justin Lafferty pulls GOP upset in District 89, to face Coleen Martinez in November"
237:
1566:
1116:
1026:
612:
283:
218:
215:
156:
407:"Tennessee Lawmaker Bizarrely Defends Three-Fifths Compromise As 'Ending Slavery'"
1521:
1494:
1170:
873:
1601:
1467:
1332:
972:
855:
819:
582:
1644:
1485:
1449:
1305:
1206:
1197:
1017:
954:
900:
756:
729:
720:
675:
355:"TN Election: Lafferty wins State House District 89 with 64 percent of votes"
1413:
1341:
1323:
1260:
1251:
1233:
1161:
1107:
1053:
990:
963:
918:
882:
837:
810:
765:
621:
305:
1458:
1395:
1359:
1350:
1314:
1278:
1215:
1080:
1071:
1062:
981:
846:
702:
381:"Tennessee Lawmaker Is Criticized for Remarks on Three-Fifths Compromise"
225:
suburban seat, Lafferty went on to soundly win the general election over
1368:
1269:
1179:
1143:
1089:
927:
909:
891:
648:
203:
75:
484:"Two representatives expelled from Tennessee House of Representatives"
1386:
1296:
1188:
594:
558:
179:
49:
1593:
936:
1656:
Republican Party members of the
Tennessee House of Representatives
511:
162:
488:
178:(born May 13, 1971) is an American politician from the state of
255:
lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules.
457:
Andone, Dakin; Young, Ryan; Simonson, Amy; Almasy, Steve.
433:"GOP lawmaker: Three-Fifths Compromise was to end slavery"
512:"Justin Lafferty, Conservative for State Representative"
206:
announced his retirement from the 89th district of the
456:
186:, Lafferty has represented the 89th district of the
1642:
430:
404:
352:
1600:This Tennessee politician-related article is a
38:Tennessee House of Representatives
1625:
544:
326:
247:In 2023, Lafferty supported resolutions to
1632:
1618:
551:
537:
378:
504:
1643:
1676:Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee
532:
353:Brenna McDermott (November 6, 2018).
1588:
13:
1681:21st-century Tennessee politicians
561:Tennessee House of Representatives
276:
208:Tennessee House of Representatives
190:, based in the western suburbs of
188:Tennessee House of Representatives
14:
1697:
1661:21st-century American legislators
214:sheriff Tim Hutchison and former
1592:
431:KIMBERLEE KRUESI (May 4, 2021).
405:Nicholas Reimann (May 4, 2021).
284:"Representative Justin Lafferty"
258:
1671:University of Tennessee alumni
476:
450:
424:
398:
372:
346:
327:Ryan Wilusz (August 2, 2018).
320:
298:
236:, a provision of the original
1:
270:
242:U.S. House of Representatives
1604:. You can help Knowledge by
286:. Tennessee General Assembly
267:with his wife and daughter.
7:
10:
1702:
1686:Tennessee politician stubs
1587:
1557:Tennessee General Assembly
379:Rick Rojas (May 4, 2021).
1532:
631:
567:
229:Coleen Martinez, 64-36%.
197:
169:
151:
136:
126:
118:
108:
90:
85:
81:
69:
57:
46:
34:
30:
23:
176:Justin Augustus Lafferty
1574:List of past Assemblies
359:Knoxville News Sentinel
333:Knoxville News Sentinel
234:Three-fifths Compromise
141:University of Tennessee
571:113th General Assembly
42:from the 89th district
578:Speaker of the House
131:Knoxville, Tennessee
514:. Vote For Lafferty
16:American politician
263:Lafferty lives in
1613:
1612:
1582:
1581:
1513:Antonio Parkinson
1126:John Ray Clemmons
775:Michele Carringer
694:Rebecca Alexander
667:John Holsclaw Jr.
306:"Justin Lafferty"
238:U.S. Constitution
173:
172:
1693:
1634:
1627:
1620:
1596:
1589:
1547:
1538:
1520:
1511:
1502:
1493:
1484:
1475:
1466:
1457:
1448:
1439:
1430:
1421:
1412:
1403:
1394:
1385:
1376:
1367:
1358:
1349:
1340:
1331:
1322:
1313:
1304:
1295:
1286:
1277:
1268:
1259:
1250:
1241:
1232:
1223:
1214:
1205:
1196:
1187:
1178:
1169:
1160:
1151:
1142:
1133:
1124:
1117:Vincent B. Dixie
1115:
1106:
1097:
1088:
1079:
1070:
1061:
1052:
1043:
1034:
1027:William Lamberth
1025:
1016:
1007:
998:
989:
980:
971:
962:
953:
944:
935:
926:
917:
908:
899:
890:
881:
872:
863:
854:
845:
836:
827:
818:
809:
800:
791:
782:
773:
764:
755:
746:
737:
728:
719:
710:
701:
692:
683:
674:
665:
656:
647:
638:
613:William Lamberth
553:
546:
539:
530:
529:
524:
523:
521:
519:
508:
502:
501:
499:
497:
480:
474:
473:
471:
469:
454:
448:
447:
445:
443:
437:Associated Press
428:
422:
421:
419:
417:
402:
396:
395:
393:
391:
376:
370:
369:
367:
365:
350:
344:
343:
341:
339:
324:
318:
317:
315:
313:
302:
296:
295:
293:
291:
280:
219:Stacey Campfield
165:
163:Campaign website
159:
157:Official website
104:
100:
98:
86:Personal details
72:
62:
40:
21:
20:
1701:
1700:
1696:
1695:
1694:
1692:
1691:
1690:
1641:
1640:
1639:
1638:
1585:
1583:
1578:
1545:
1536:
1528:
1527:
1522:Tom Leatherwood
1518:
1509:
1500:
1495:Dwayne Thompson
1491:
1482:
1473:
1464:
1455:
1446:
1437:
1432:Justin Lafferty
1428:
1419:
1410:
1401:
1392:
1383:
1374:
1365:
1356:
1347:
1338:
1329:
1320:
1311:
1302:
1293:
1284:
1275:
1266:
1257:
1248:
1239:
1230:
1221:
1212:
1203:
1194:
1185:
1176:
1171:Darren Jernigan
1167:
1158:
1153:Harold Love Jr.
1149:
1140:
1131:
1122:
1113:
1104:
1095:
1086:
1077:
1068:
1059:
1050:
1041:
1032:
1023:
1014:
1005:
996:
987:
978:
969:
960:
951:
942:
933:
924:
915:
906:
897:
888:
879:
874:Patsy Hazlewood
870:
861:
852:
843:
834:
825:
816:
807:
798:
789:
780:
771:
762:
753:
744:
735:
726:
717:
708:
699:
690:
681:
672:
663:
654:
645:
636:
627:
618:Minority Leader
609:Majority Leader
563:
559:Members of the
557:
527:
517:
515:
510:
509:
505:
495:
493:
492:. April 6, 2023
482:
481:
477:
467:
465:
455:
451:
441:
439:
429:
425:
415:
413:
403:
399:
389:
387:
377:
373:
363:
361:
351:
347:
337:
335:
325:
321:
311:
309:
304:
303:
299:
289:
287:
282:
281:
277:
273:
261:
200:
161:
160:
155:
109:Political party
102:
96:
94:
70:
65:January 8, 2019
64:
58:
53:
41:
36:
26:
25:Justin Lafferty
17:
12:
11:
5:
1699:
1689:
1688:
1683:
1678:
1673:
1668:
1663:
1658:
1653:
1637:
1636:
1629:
1622:
1614:
1611:
1610:
1597:
1580:
1579:
1577:
1576:
1571:
1570:
1569:
1564:
1553:
1552:
1543:
1533:
1530:
1529:
1526:
1525:
1516:
1507:
1504:John Gillespie
1498:
1489:
1480:
1471:
1468:G. A. Hardaway
1462:
1453:
1444:
1441:Gloria Johnson
1435:
1426:
1417:
1408:
1405:Justin Pearson
1399:
1390:
1381:
1372:
1363:
1354:
1345:
1336:
1333:Mary Littleton
1327:
1318:
1309:
1300:
1291:
1282:
1273:
1264:
1255:
1246:
1243:Curtis Johnson
1237:
1228:
1219:
1210:
1201:
1192:
1183:
1174:
1165:
1156:
1147:
1138:
1129:
1120:
1111:
1102:
1093:
1084:
1075:
1066:
1057:
1048:
1039:
1036:Johnny Garrett
1030:
1021:
1012:
1003:
994:
985:
976:
973:Kelly Keisling
967:
958:
949:
946:William Slater
940:
931:
922:
913:
904:
895:
886:
877:
868:
859:
856:Cameron Sexton
850:
841:
832:
823:
820:Lowell Russell
814:
805:
796:
787:
778:
769:
760:
751:
748:Robert Stevens
742:
733:
724:
715:
706:
697:
688:
679:
670:
661:
652:
643:
633:
632:
629:
628:
626:
625:
619:
616:
610:
607:
604:Curtis Johnson
601:
600:Deputy Speaker
598:
592:
586:
583:Cameron Sexton
580:
568:
565:
564:
556:
555:
548:
541:
533:
526:
525:
503:
475:
449:
423:
397:
385:New York Times
371:
345:
319:
297:
274:
272:
269:
260:
257:
199:
196:
194:, since 2019.
171:
170:
167:
166:
153:
149:
148:
138:
134:
133:
128:
124:
123:
120:
116:
115:
110:
106:
105:
92:
88:
87:
83:
82:
79:
78:
73:
67:
66:
60:Assumed office
55:
54:
47:
44:
43:
35:Member of the
32:
31:
28:
27:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1698:
1687:
1684:
1682:
1679:
1677:
1674:
1672:
1669:
1667:
1664:
1662:
1659:
1657:
1654:
1652:
1651:Living people
1649:
1648:
1646:
1635:
1630:
1628:
1623:
1621:
1616:
1615:
1609:
1607:
1603:
1598:
1595:
1591:
1590:
1586:
1575:
1572:
1568:
1565:
1563:
1560:
1559:
1558:
1555:
1554:
1550:
1544:
1541:
1535:
1534:
1531:
1523:
1517:
1514:
1508:
1505:
1499:
1496:
1490:
1487:
1486:Kevin Vaughan
1481:
1478:
1472:
1469:
1463:
1460:
1454:
1451:
1450:Torrey Harris
1445:
1442:
1436:
1433:
1427:
1424:
1418:
1415:
1409:
1406:
1400:
1397:
1391:
1388:
1382:
1379:
1373:
1370:
1364:
1361:
1355:
1352:
1346:
1343:
1337:
1334:
1328:
1325:
1319:
1316:
1310:
1307:
1306:Jeff Burkhart
1301:
1298:
1292:
1289:
1283:
1280:
1274:
1271:
1265:
1262:
1256:
1253:
1247:
1244:
1238:
1235:
1229:
1226:
1220:
1217:
1211:
1208:
1207:Scott Cepicky
1202:
1199:
1198:Jake McCalmon
1193:
1190:
1184:
1181:
1175:
1172:
1166:
1163:
1157:
1154:
1148:
1145:
1139:
1136:
1130:
1127:
1121:
1118:
1112:
1109:
1103:
1100:
1094:
1091:
1085:
1082:
1076:
1073:
1067:
1064:
1058:
1055:
1049:
1046:
1040:
1037:
1031:
1028:
1022:
1019:
1018:Paul Sherrell
1013:
1010:
1009:Ryan Williams
1004:
1001:
995:
992:
986:
983:
977:
974:
968:
965:
959:
956:
955:Dennis Powers
950:
947:
941:
938:
932:
929:
923:
920:
914:
911:
905:
902:
901:Esther Helton
896:
893:
887:
884:
878:
875:
869:
866:
860:
857:
851:
848:
842:
839:
833:
830:
824:
821:
815:
812:
806:
803:
797:
794:
788:
785:
784:Andrew Farmer
779:
776:
770:
767:
761:
758:
757:Jason Zachary
752:
749:
743:
740:
734:
731:
730:Jeremy Faison
725:
722:
721:Rick Eldridge
716:
713:
712:Gary W. Hicks
707:
704:
698:
695:
689:
686:
680:
677:
671:
668:
662:
659:
653:
650:
644:
641:
640:John Crawford
635:
634:
630:
623:
620:
617:
614:
611:
608:
605:
602:
599:
596:
593:
591:
587:
584:
581:
579:
576:
575:
573:
572:
566:
562:
554:
549:
547:
542:
540:
535:
534:
531:
513:
507:
491:
490:
485:
479:
464:
460:
453:
438:
434:
427:
412:
408:
401:
386:
382:
375:
360:
356:
349:
334:
330:
323:
308:. Ballotpedia
307:
301:
285:
279:
275:
268:
266:
259:Personal life
256:
254:
250:
245:
243:
239:
235:
230:
228:
224:
220:
217:
216:state senator
213:
209:
205:
195:
193:
189:
185:
181:
177:
168:
164:
158:
154:
150:
146:
142:
139:
135:
132:
129:
125:
121:
117:
114:
111:
107:
103:(age 53)
93:
89:
84:
80:
77:
74:
68:
61:
56:
52:
51:
45:
39:
33:
29:
22:
19:
1606:expanding it
1599:
1584:
1431:
1423:Larry Miller
1414:Karen Camper
1342:Brock Martin
1324:Rusty Grills
1261:Clay Doggett
1252:Jody Barrett
1234:Ronnie Glynn
1162:Caleb Hemmer
1108:Jason Powell
1099:Justin Jones
1054:Rush Bricken
991:Michael Hale
964:Charlie Baum
919:Monty Fritts
883:Yusuf Hakeem
838:Mark Cochran
811:Bryan Richey
793:Elaine Davis
766:Sam McKenzie
658:Timothy Hill
622:Karen Camper
589:
574:(2023–2025)
569:
516:. Retrieved
506:
494:. Retrieved
487:
478:
466:. Retrieved
462:
452:
440:. Retrieved
436:
426:
414:. Retrieved
410:
400:
388:. Retrieved
384:
374:
362:. Retrieved
358:
348:
336:. Retrieved
332:
322:
310:. Retrieved
300:
288:. Retrieved
278:
262:
246:
231:
201:
175:
174:
101:May 13, 1971
59:
48:
18:
1666:1971 births
1459:Todd Warner
1396:Jesse Chism
1360:Debra Moody
1351:Johnny Shaw
1315:Tandy Darby
1279:Kirk Haston
1216:Sam Whitson
1135:Bob Freeman
1081:Bo Mitchell
1072:Mike Sparks
1063:Bryan Terry
982:Iris Rudder
865:Greg Martin
847:Kevin Raper
802:Dave Wright
703:Jerome Moon
590:pro tempore
212:Knox County
71:Preceded by
1645:Categories
1549:Democratic
1540:Republican
1378:Mark White
1369:Chris Hurt
1288:Chris Todd
1270:Kip Capley
1225:Sabi Kumar
1180:Gino Bulso
1144:Susan Lynn
1090:Aftyn Behn
1045:Clark Boyd
928:John Ragan
910:Ron Travis
892:Greg Vital
829:Dan Howell
676:David Hawk
649:Bud Hulsey
271:References
253:Democratic
223:Republican
204:Roger Kane
184:Republican
113:Republican
97:1971-05-13
76:Roger Kane
1387:Joe Towns
1297:Jay Reedy
1189:Pat Marsh
1000:Ed Butler
739:Dale Carr
685:Tim Hicks
595:Pat Marsh
265:Knoxville
202:In 2018,
192:Knoxville
180:Tennessee
137:Education
127:Residence
50:Incumbent
1477:Ron Gant
937:Tim Rudd
588:Speaker
518:July 31,
496:July 18,
468:July 16,
364:July 31,
338:July 31,
312:July 31,
290:July 31,
227:Democrat
119:Children
489:WSMV-TV
152:Website
1567:Senate
442:May 4,
416:May 4,
411:Forbes
390:May 4,
251:three
198:Career
1562:House
249:expel
63:
1602:stub
1551:(24)
1542:(75)
520:2020
498:2023
470:2023
444:2021
418:2021
392:2021
366:2020
340:2020
314:2020
292:2020
182:. A
91:Born
1524:(R)
1515:(D)
1506:(R)
1497:(D)
1488:(R)
1479:(R)
1470:(D)
1461:(R)
1452:(D)
1443:(D)
1434:(R)
1425:(D)
1416:(D)
1407:(D)
1398:(D)
1389:(D)
1380:(R)
1371:(R)
1362:(R)
1353:(D)
1344:(R)
1335:(R)
1326:(R)
1317:(R)
1308:(R)
1299:(R)
1290:(R)
1281:(R)
1272:(R)
1263:(R)
1254:(R)
1245:(R)
1236:(D)
1227:(R)
1218:(R)
1209:(R)
1200:(R)
1191:(R)
1182:(R)
1173:(D)
1164:(D)
1155:(D)
1146:(R)
1137:(D)
1128:(D)
1119:(D)
1110:(D)
1101:(D)
1092:(D)
1083:(D)
1074:(R)
1065:(R)
1056:(R)
1047:(R)
1038:(R)
1029:(R)
1020:(R)
1011:(R)
1002:(R)
993:(R)
984:(R)
975:(R)
966:(R)
957:(R)
948:(R)
939:(R)
930:(R)
921:(R)
912:(R)
903:(R)
894:(R)
885:(D)
876:(R)
867:(R)
858:(R)
849:(R)
840:(R)
831:(R)
822:(R)
813:(R)
804:(R)
795:(R)
786:(R)
777:(R)
768:(D)
759:(R)
750:(R)
741:(R)
732:(R)
723:(R)
714:(R)
705:(R)
696:(R)
687:(R)
678:(R)
669:(R)
660:(R)
651:(R)
642:(R)
624:(D)
615:(R)
606:(R)
597:(R)
585:(R)
463:CNN
1647::
486:.
461:.
435:.
409:.
383:.
357:.
331:.
145:BS
99:)
1633:e
1626:t
1619:v
1608:.
1546:▌
1537:▌
1519:▌
1510:▌
1501:▌
1492:▌
1483:▌
1474:▌
1465:▌
1456:▌
1447:▌
1438:▌
1429:▌
1420:▌
1411:▌
1402:▌
1393:▌
1384:▌
1375:▌
1366:▌
1357:▌
1348:▌
1339:▌
1330:▌
1321:▌
1312:▌
1303:▌
1294:▌
1285:▌
1276:▌
1267:▌
1258:▌
1249:▌
1240:▌
1231:▌
1222:▌
1213:▌
1204:▌
1195:▌
1186:▌
1177:▌
1168:▌
1159:▌
1150:▌
1141:▌
1132:▌
1123:▌
1114:▌
1105:▌
1096:▌
1087:▌
1078:▌
1069:▌
1060:▌
1051:▌
1042:▌
1033:▌
1024:▌
1015:▌
1006:▌
997:▌
988:▌
979:▌
970:▌
961:▌
952:▌
943:▌
934:▌
925:▌
916:▌
907:▌
898:▌
889:▌
880:▌
871:▌
862:▌
853:▌
844:▌
835:▌
826:▌
817:▌
808:▌
799:▌
790:▌
781:▌
772:▌
763:▌
754:▌
745:▌
736:▌
727:▌
718:▌
709:▌
700:▌
691:▌
682:▌
673:▌
664:▌
655:▌
646:▌
637:▌
552:e
545:t
538:v
522:.
500:.
472:.
446:.
420:.
394:.
368:.
342:.
316:.
294:.
147:)
143:(
122:1
95:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.