EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM



The Board of Directors
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. of our reports dated February 25,
2005, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Pinnacle Financial
Partners, Inc. as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004,
management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2004, and the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, which reports appear in the
December 31, 2004 annual report on Form 10-K of Pinnacle Financial Partners,
Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP


Nashville, Tennessee
April 20, 2005