Jared Maddux
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John Jared Maddux (July 20, 1911 – May 22, 1971) was a
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Career

A member of the
Tennessee State Senate The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any issue reg ...
, he was elected by his colleagues to serve as the 43rd
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee The Speaker of the Tennessee Senate, who also serves as lieutenant Governor of Tennessee is the Speaker (politics), presiding officer of the Tennessee Senate and first in line in the succession to the office of governor of Tennessee in the event ...
from 1953 to 1959 and again from 1965 to 1967 under Governor Frank G. Clement, longer than any other person except John S. Wilder, who held the office from 1971 to 2007. The story of how he was elected to his final term is now something of a Tennessee political legend (see Frank Gorrell.) , he is the only person to have served in the office for non-consecutive terms. He was from
Cookeville, Tennessee Cookeville is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was reported to be 34,842. It is recognized as one of the country's Cookeville micropolitan area, mic ...
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Democratic Party Tennessee state senators Comptrollers of the treasury of Tennessee Lieutenant governors of Tennessee 1911 births 1971 deaths 20th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly {{Tennessee-politician-stub