How many candidates does this cover? I'm not sure that Algore counts as a Tennessean. I thought he was brought up in some fancy-pants hotel in Washington while daddy was in the Senate or cozying up to the Commies running the Russian oil companies.
In any case, I think it's about time we rectified this situation!
John Bell of Tennessee did carry his home state in 1860--he was the Constitutional Union candidate and came in fourth in the popular vote, but third in the electoral college. I forgot about him--he was a Tennessean who carried his home state...but unlike Jackson, Polk, A. Johnson, and Gore, he was a native of the state. Fred Thompson was born in Alabama. A Tennessean can't be elected President unless he was born elsewhere.