---
type: Person
title: "John Gillespie"
description: "TN House District 97 — TN State House of Representatives District 97"
role: "TN House District 97"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "TN"
district: "TN State House of Representatives District 97"
represents: "us/states/tn/districts/house/97"
tenure:
  start: "2020-11-03"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "5297768f-0667-40f6-80ca-9235df499061"
  office: "1c10c0aa-16cc-4458-b054-ca44f441618c"
  tenure: "d9d0cea3-60c1-44b9-a986-17e22091ad78"
  jurisdiction: "ac7a288b-1ab2-48d1-a058-f49f13d0b0db"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, tn]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# John Gillespie

Current TN House District 97 (TN State House of Representatives District 97).

Represents [TN State House of Representatives District 97](/us/states/tn/districts/house/97.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).