Bill Hagerty is the junior United States Senator from Tennessee, having served in the Senate since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he was born in Gallatin, Tennessee, in 1959 and earned degrees from Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Law School. Before entering the Senate, he had a distinguished career in business and public service, serving as Tennessee's Commissioner of Economic and Community Development under Governor Bill Haslam and as the United States Ambassador to Japan under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019.
In the Senate, Hagerty sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, where he has drawn on his diplomatic and business background. He has focused on trade policy, national security, and economic competitiveness, particularly in relation to China. His ambassadorial experience in Tokyo has made him a prominent voice in the Senate on Indo-Pacific affairs and the U.S.-Japan alliance.